Fuel Savings

Holy moly! Gas prices are not new news. I just paid nearly $60 to fill up my mid-size sedan. Youch!

I've heard a bunch of different fuel savings ideas. I received the email referred to in this Snopes article. Sometimes it's hard to determine the good from the chaff.

Today is just reporting on the price of gas and oil. Not new news, but still news.

One of my favorite ideas for saving gas is to SLOW DOWN. AAA offers this as one of their tips and I tried this out last night on my 25 mile trip home from Mom's house. I stayed between 40 and 50 mpg and was passed by half of the state. My favorite passing partner was a full size RV trailing a Jeep and a skijet thingy. I don't know how much I saved, but it was kind of entertaining. Hopefully it won't engender vast quantities of road rage (I did keep to the right... I try to be polite).

I've also started carpooling, hopefully twice a week, and I'm involving some of my coworkers in the joy. I've been promising for looking into taking the bus once a week. There are definitely benefits, including gas savings, but I have to balance those with the drawbacks. Keeping it in mind tho.

Holiday weekend over

Nothing like a holiday weekend to relax and recharge.

Spent some time on Saturday with Girlzoot doing the shopping thing. Not much luck on the shopping front, but always good to catch up. I love Meiningers and the TC, just didn't find anything I couldn't live without. Although there is a really spiffy pen at Meiningers, a Cross Townsend with sparkles on it (looks like the night sky). But truthfully I have many many pens, even a large selection I don't use, tho I love each and every one.

Later, after more cleaning (I had something like 15 phone books in various parts of my house!), I spent some time with Mom. We went to the early show of Indy 4 and then caught Iron Man. Actiony goodness!

All in all, good weekend, if too short (as always).

Spring Cleaning (in pieces)

I hate to admit it, but I'm not the tidiest person in the world. This is one of the things that drives me crazy about myself. I would love to have people over to my house, and not to be so uptight about it all, so I'm making an effort.

I've cleaned the kitchen, even under the stovetop where all the crumbs collect. And so far, it's nearly completely still clean. Yesterday, I worked on the porch, bringing out the bistro table and chairs, sweeping the concrete, and washing down the grill. The actual grill part of the grill is in my sink drying off after a good scrubbing. I spent most of my Sunday afternoon outside in the beautiful weather reading a book. I haven't done that in ages. Felt good.

Now I'm off to buy something fun for mom's birthday. Then back to reading my fascinating book. Not much of a wrap-up, but hey, can't win them all.

Lyrics... la la la

Ok, so for years, I've said that la la la la la isn't lyrics. And I'm retracting it.

I'm singing songs with lyrics like 'ba ba bam' 'woo woo ooo' 'oooh wah ooh wah' 'na na na na' and quite possibly my favorite 'dibit dibit'.

I'm enjoying singing with the SoundWaves at work. I got a private lesson Monday because I was the only one who showed up. We're learning Take a Chance on Me and The Longest Time. Fun times :)

Falling behind

Seems I've fallen behind on the posting schedule.

Busy week. Went to see 'Doubt' at the DPCA on Tuesday. Very good, dark, thoughtful play.

Rockies won Wednesday (we were at the game, enjoying the beautiful weather and the winningness). Got a Helton T-shirt give-away. Fun!

Missed the first night of the new league bowling. Found out we finished 7th (of 8) in the last league.

Had a guest speaker at our company quarterly update meeting - Dr. James Rouse, the Optimum Wellness guru. Very motivational and kind of exciting. Hadn't seen him in person in 10 years, he used to be my nutritionist. Wasn't ready for his message then, think I'm ready now. Actually, I know I'm ready. He gave me a big hug and said I was looking great, which means a lot coming from him.

Went bowling today, got some tips from the guy on the next lane. He was really good.

Ok, tomorrow's Mother's Day and I'm going up to Genesee to celebrate with my family. Best get some sleep.