Because I have several school yearbooks on my bookshelf, I've often got my nose in an annual looking over the various classes and commenting...hmmm...that one's gone, and that one, and that one..... It's probably a tad on the morbid side to engage in this activity but I can't help it. Death is an interesting subject and always has been. I certainly am thankful that God (or whoever made up our system of life and death) decided that we wouldn't know the date of our demise. I think I can assert with confidence that man is never going to be able to predict his death date. Unless he's sentenced by the court or commits suicide. I never thought they'd be able to predict birth but the doctors got that figured out years ago by inducing mothers who were sick and tired of being pregnant. I still think it's kind of sad that they can predict the sex of a baby. Kind of takes the fun of anticipation and mystery out of the equation.
Well, enough philosophy for this morning. Time to get back to my daily activities. Even though I've kept diaries off and on during my life, these past years I've been hit and miss at writing in them. Easier to just sit down and type on my blog. Course I can't put the really personal stuff on here and that's reserved for the diary pages where I record events in shorthand. Not that there's anything all that intriguing going on. It's mostly body aches and pains, frustration of failed dieting and exercise, and who has annoyed me in one way or another. So much easier to tear a person apart via shorthand strokes rather than left jabs.
I watched the Emmys last night but I'm noticing more and more that these award shows are getting pretty lame. Have been for years but I keep thinking maybe they'll get their act together this time. Wasn't the case last night. As it was, I surfed back and forth between the Emmys and the Seahawks. They didn't do that well either but at least they were more interesting that the awards show.
TV has changed so much over the years that if you don't have subscriptions to the premium channels, you pretty much have to catch what you can when you can. I do subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime but I don't have a lot of cable shows for the cable level I pay for. (Basic Limited) Then again, I'm not all that interested in the majority of stuff cable offers. I loved Nurse Jackie on Showtime (they offered a free month viewing) and was disappointed Edie Falco didn't win. Especially when she lost to Julia Louis Dreyfuss on VEEP. I watched Veep a few times 'cause I really like Julia but
when they overuse the F word, I lose interest quickly. I don't expect that particular word to never be used on TV (too late for that and sadly, I've been known to use it myself) but.... there comes a time when it loses something when the writers fall back on it in every other sentence. Veep was overrun with the F word.
Even though I've never seen Game of Thrones I was glad it won. I did buy the first season but haven't opened it yet as I'm reading the book and want to get a feel for how the story lines goes. It looks like the kind of show I'd find favor with.
I think I would have liked Claire Danes winning over Viola Davis; partly because I watched Davis' show a couple times and was disappointed in the way they fell back on lurid sex scenes. Another turn off for me. A time and a place, you know.....
Also would have liked Kevin Spacey to win but Jeff Tambor in Transparent was excellent from the word go so it was kind of a toss up there.
I spent most of yesterday working on this small quilt. I had a big pile of odds and ends of material strips and wanted to see if I could make this quilt I saw demonstrated on YouTube. I wasn't sure how many strips I needed so I just started sewing away and would know how big the quilt was when I finished. Most of the material was curtains, drapes, sheets, and little pieces of this and that.
They sell whole kits of cut up strips in color coordinated designs called "Jelly Rolls" but they can get pricey and I have plenty of scraps to use up first. This quilt was kind of small but it was mostly a trial and error effort anyhow.
I went over to Jenni's for my birthday dinner and was thrilled to get to bring home a side dish that I can have tonight and tomorrow. I do love enchiladas. And my birthday cake was yummy too! I just had a piece for breakfast which is probably why I don't feel that good. ha ha
I asked Maddie about her recent track meet as she's doing quite well in cross country running. She ran on Wednesday & placed 2nd, and ran Saturday at a big invitational & got 4th. She's placed 3rd in the state for 2A schools.
Granddaughter Catie and her boyfriend, Brandon Holden, shared pictures of their respective pets --Cleo the cat (Catie's) and LadyBug (the torti?) of Brandon's. They aren't getting along as bosom buddies yet but Catie and Brandon hope they will over time. The pets that is. Catie and Brandon seem to be getting along just dandy. Ha Ha
Got a picture in an email yesterday from my cousin, Marlee, showing this fishing mobile she had been given. I think it is the cooliest ever!
Let's see....what else...oh...these pictures and cartoons from Facebook cracked me up...
If you want to read an interesting topic (and if you're into old TV shows) look up "Adventures of Superman" on wikipedia. Fabulous. By the way, Jimmy Olson (Jack Larson in real life) died yesterday at the age of 87. He was once the boyfriend of Montgomery Clift.
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