I Hit a Duck

I am writing tonight with a sad heart.  While on my pizza deliveries, I hit a duck...or sort of hit him.  It is one of the hazards of mountain living that from time to time you have a run in with wildlife and the wildlife comes out on the losing end.

Tonight I was in a really good mood, and set to jam around the mountain and delivery as many pizzas as possible.  I was traveling pretty quickly, but within the posted speed limit from Blue Jay to Aqua Fria.  As I looked down at the road I noticed there was something directly in front of my car, and I could not stop in time to do anything.  I felt no thud, but as I looked back in the rear view mirror I saw two ducks crossing the street, and one was holding his wing straight up and walking with it's head very low...I think what happened is the wing got hooked on something under the car, and pulled out of socket or something...I am hoping the bird survived, and the wing might heal.  I feel just awful, and I had a bad evening as a result. 

On a positive note, I saw the baby coyote again that I had seen on Sunday, and this time mommy was right with him.

Dragging my Feet

That's how I feel this week, like my feet are just dragging.  So many things I should be doing, so much that needs to be done, and I don't feel like doing ANYTHING right now.

It seems my allergies are getting worse each year, and the dust in the warehouse is activating  the allergies big time.  Major sinus headache today, which could explain not wanting to do anything.  Hoping to find some motivation before the week is out...or I'll just sit and veg in front of Idol tonight like I did with DWTS the last 2 nights.

If you have any motivational tips, let me have 'em, I could use any help I can get. Thanks!

Idol Chatter (SPOILERS)

Okay, I cheated.  I found  out who was voted off on Idol, and I'm a little ticked.  We all know that America's votes are swayed by the judges, and all season the judges have been hard on Hollie.  Admittedly, she did have some early problems with nervousness, but I think she has conquered that in the last few weeks.  I also agree her second song last night may have been a bad choice.  But I still think that Hollie has the best voice this season.  Now I know we are supposed to vote based only on the shows performances, but when you listen to the studio versions on iTunes, Hollie's voice is totally amazing.

Now Jessica also has a good voice, but she tends to lean toward screaming the high notes, while Hollie hit them cleanly without the scream.  Joshua's voice is great, but every song sounded the same, and frankly I was bored with him by week three,and use his songs as time for clean-up or bathroom break while I watched.

And then there's Phillip...he's been my favorite since his audition....I t should have been him and Hollie in the finale, now I'm guessing him & Jessica.  Anyway, go download Hollie's songs and you'll see what I mean.

Presenting "Doctor Who Clip of The Day'

For many years I have been a fan of Doctor Who.  If you are a fan, you know what I'm talking about. If not, I invite you to come to my facebook page, and each day you will be able to find a clip from the show.  Of course you will have to friend me first if you aren't a friend already..just drop my a note telling me you're a blog reader of mine and I'll accept your friend request.

Today I posted a scene from the very first Doctor Who episode in 1963 "The Unearthly Child".  For those only familiar with the 21st century incarnations of the Doctor, I will help you get to know the versions I grew up on.  Please join me on facebook for the daily clips.  I'll give you today's here on the blog, but com to facebook for the daily entries.

Learning curve

Today at work I started training on a new function.  Okay, actually it is just a major overhaul on an old function, but quite a bit of new stuff to learn.  They had me training with one of my best friends as my trainer.  That was nice, but also a little distracting, because talking is more fun than work.

I have always been a pretty quick learner, which is I guess a really good thing, because they needed to pull my trainer out halfway through the day to cover someone who left early.  I managed to survive the rest of the day with no major mishaps, and I think I have the hang of the new process.  I hope so anyway, because tomorrow is the heavy volume day for this function.  I'd explain the process to you, but it is long and complicated and would probably bore you.  Plus, if I did explain it, I'd have to shoot you....No wait, I don't work for the CIA.

I miss Hymns

Call me old fashioned, but I miss Hymns.  I grew up in a Baptist Church, and Hymns were a part of our service every week.  Some of the songs seemed a bit old-fashioned to me as a kid, and some were really hard to understand the meaning.  But they were good powerful songs.

Modern church music has turned to a series of praise and worship songs, and  many of these are good songs, and they can draw you in to a spirit of worship.  But I find many of them lack the substance that so many great hymns had.  I fear as more and more churches get rid of their hymnals and go to slick multi-media presentations with the words of the praise songs up on screens, that we might forget the great hymns of our faith.  

That is why I was so grateful early this year to find three great albums featuring mostly hymns.  First was Collin Raye's His Love Remains which features the country crooner on a number of hymns along with a few of his inspirational country songs.  The second came from one of favorite obscure Christian artists, Kemper Crabb; the album is called Reliquarium and features a selection of hymns done in a variety of styles, very unique and beautiful.  And lastly is the sweet voice of Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer) on Hymns And Sacred Songs a mix of traditional hymns and a few more modern tracks, brought to you in simple almost folk like arrangements.  If you, like me are missing Hymns, check these albums out.  Here is a video from the Leigh Nash album...enjoy.

May Update

Well, here we are at the beginning of May.  And happy Cinco de Mayo to you all.  I thought it was time to give you an update on how April went as far as the New Year's Resolution chart. As you may remember, I started April off with the hope of coming out of the slump I had fallen into in March. Unfortunately this did not happen.  After my 0 point rest week I had a 2 point week and two 1 point weeks.

My big downfalls came in two area.. First of all, the food and snacking kept up..I find my big problem in this area is that quite honestly, I LOVE food.  It is yummy and I like to eat.  I have managed to control it a little better this week, so we'll see where I end up this week.

The second area I had problems was in my writing especially and also the reading.  My creative juices just seemed to dry up and I could not get the writing to come out.  This seems to have gotten better this week and I should hit the weekly target this week.  And with the reading I have just found myself very distracted and having trouble making myself do it.

So for May we will try once more to buckle down and get back on track.  Hopefully the June update will have better results.