Not much going on today.  Did the usual banking stuff and breakfast. Paid our property taxes. Picked up some meds at the pharmacy. That’s it.

The title? No reason and it’s tied to nothing in this post.

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Wind out here is epic when it blows. 50 m.p.h. gusts yesterday in Las Vegas. Stupid crazy winds. Each time we get winds like this I watch my billboard and hope it never goes down. That goes down, my business goes down.

• Picking up Erin this afternoon. Early afternoon I think.
• Going to Santa for some breakfast and a few errands.
• May take Nina’s car. It handles the wind better than the Jeep.
• Shooting yesterday was fun.
• Nights here are fairly peaceful now that Erin and Tori are living in their house.
• Time to go.  Later peeps.

Not everyone likes me . . . . but not everyone matters.

Since I turned the Mixed Grill mailing list over to Joe and he’s taken the group to new heights, I’ve decided to start a new, and smaller, group for a monthly get together in the county’s many restaurants. This group includes Joe, so it appears that we won’t be doing it very often at the B&B. No name for the group yet. The first dinner will be at Canela’s in Pecos on 11/23/13 @ 6:00 p.m.  Call me if you wish to attend.

TV

It sucks lately. I hope it changes for the better soon, but I doubt it.

Shirley

She’s taken to staying in bed more lately. Is the end near? Will she last the year? Will Erin miss her? Will ML get mad at me for killing her sister? (I’m not killing her, but who knows the mind of ML and what she’ll think?)

Nina says Shirley is wasting away, but since I don’t do her daily care type duties, I don’t see it. I have no intention of taking over her bathing, dressing and changing duties just so I can see the wasting.

Business

It’s slow. It’s a seasonal thing and should pick up the week of and the week after Thanksgiving. The same thing for Christmas and New Year. Katrina is gone and Dom is new. People come and people go. Katrina was Sen. Griego’s granddaughter. Dom is Sen Griego’s grandson. Smart me, ehh?

Shooting

Hoping to go shooting with Steven today. Gonna bring both my .45s.

For every Christmas tree lit before Thanksgiving, an elf drowns a baby reindeer.

I hate them with a white hot passion. I’m now on the lookout for a new card that will give me the air miles I so love. Scum sucking bastards.

Hi there! I hope your Wednesday is enjoyable.

While my Tuesday morning was somewhat shitty, I can now feel the benefits of going to the dentist yesterday. I am off of the pain pills already and while the stitches he put in are slightly annoying, I can live with them until next week. Sometime after Christmas I plan on paying him, or some other pain merchant, to give me some new teeth made of some synthetic shit that is impervious to decay.

I had to cancel on my presentation yesterday, but Les filled in for me. At the time I was scheduled to talk I was still spitting blood and saliva when I talked. Normalcy returned around 4 p.m. and I was able to eat even by dinner time. Soft foods only!

Erin & Me

We’re going to Santa Fe to explore the Children’s Museum. Erin did the happy dance or flop or seizure or some strange thing when I told her.

We have this thing where I chase her around the house to catch her and it gives me around 5 minutes of heart pumping action in the morning. I usually have to trick her to catch her. Today I tossed a handful of coins on the carpet when she wasn’t looking. I caught her and got my change back even.

Dennis

Dennis is done with the trip and is heading home. Looking forward to seeing him and his pictures. He’s been blogging about the trip, but I’m sure there are more stories and pictures to be seen when he’s back.

Katrina

She turned in her notice and we immediately hired her brother. He seems competent, but I was told I scare him. She’s moving to Denver.

Nina

Nina’s still alive, but I can’t give you proof of life. Call her if you’re really interested or worried. People, just because I own guns, it doesn’t mean I kill people I care about for fun or even in anger.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.  ~Gandhi

• I still hate dentists.
• If I liked dentists I probably wouldn’t have the problems I’m having with my mouth now.
• Kinda like a Catch-22 type of thing.
• While expecting 3 teeth to be pulled, Dr. Garcia decided to add to my grief by giving me a half cleaning and extract a fourth tooth.
• He’s such a caring person.
• My 10:45 appointment and the resulting face numbing is just now starting to leave my head. I can now feel it when I bite my tongue and my ear is starting to tingle.
• I was unaware of my ear being numb until just now.
• I cancelled my afternoon speaking engagement with the county and instructed the county manager to talk for me.
• I have never had an easy tooth extraction and this one was no different. At least I didn’t need to got to 3 different dentists with the 3rd one looking like the skull model for the skull and crossbones symbol.
• He actually was standing over me with his knee in my chest to pull one of my molars some years back.
• Dr. Garcia never once put his knee in my chest, but I sensed a degree of difficulty that was starting to annoy him.
• Arrgh, my left nostril is starting to tingle!
• I can’t drink water without drooling yet.
• Yummy, I was reading the paper they gave me as I left the office. Soft foods only.
• Good thing I had steak last night for dinner. While it was only a 6 oz. steak, it was a very nice piece of meat! I made the steak, the baked potato,  and the side of mushrooms completely disappear. I ignored the calabacitas completely.
• Nina and I went out to the Ranch House with Joe and his new lady friend  and even Steven was there. (Joe’s son for the uninformed.)
• DAMN IT, I’m starting to tingle near my eyelid. How much novocain did that bastard use on me?
• Virginia, Joe’s new G/F is very nice. We had a nice evening and no matter how hard I tried to fluster her, she remained unflustered. The only thing that cracked her shell was when I offered to buy Steven a prostitute. Both Joe and Virginia lost it on that one. I think Joe choked a bit while laughing.
• Wow, the novocain must be wearing off faster now, I can feel pain. Real pain on the left side of my face.
• Thank God for ibuprofen 800mg. I’ll be right back.
• Joe is probably without Virginia by now. She’s heading back to Florida today.
• I talked to Dennis yesterday too. He’s on his way home. He just started his 5th week away and feels he’s had enough. No regrets though, he says.

Relax . . . we’re all crazy . . . it’s not a competition!

Well, I got my new trailer licensed and I actually used it today. Took my tractor to Catherine’s and Barbara’s house to do some work at both.

I also decided to grade my parking lot today since there was no wind.

• Pancakes for breakfast.
• Just saw that Aunt Grace died. R.I.P. Aunt Grace.
• Tractor work today.
• Dentist tomorrow.
• Holidays are a p.i.t.a.
• Happy Veteran’s Day.

Song titles as post titles? Why not.

So since today is Sunday, Erin comes home. Nina believes that Tori wants us to pick her up today, but she never asked me so I’m in the dark once again.

I’m feeling road trip fever again. One of the horrors of FB is that I am always seeing pictures of interesting places that make me want to jump in the Jeep and head on out. Many of these places are east of the Mississippi and quite a few are in Pennsylvania. Damn that Facebook place! I wonder if Nina will trade Amsterdam for a camping trip across the U.S.?

Veteran’s Day tomorrow. Banks are closed so all of a sudden a Monday becomes just another Sunday to me. Tuesday will be my Monday this week and the rest of the days just become sameday to me.

Tuesday is somewhat busy. Banking and breakfast early on, most likely with Erin. After breakfast I get 3 teeth pulled. At 1:00 I have to make my presentation of awards to the county commission. Doing this after my dentist appointment should be interesting. After all that, I’m sure that Nina will still expect me to take her out for our normal Tuesday dinner.

Nina’s thinking of following Keith’s example of technology in the realm of cell phones. She’s considering going to an old style flip phone and getting an iPod for games and data. It sounds like the perfect solution for her techno-problems. Works for me.

Sometimes giving someone a second chance is like giving them an extra bullet for their gun because they missed you the first time.