My flowers are growing so well this summer.  I love my purple petunias, every night when I get home from work my back patio is the best aromatherapy.

Lately I’ve had such little inspiration to blog.  Perhaps I have bloggers block?  Usually I have so much on my mind that blogging about anything and everything just to get it off my chest is a welcome relief.  My mind races about a million miles an hour and it seems like I’m constantly thinking about something even if its a relatively stupid thing.  Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only person in the world who thinks of silly random things out of the blue like laptop memory, bicycle tires, re-usable grocery bags, and what in the hell is causing my cat to vomit so frequently?   

I love to travel but the idea of going on a cruise makes me a little nervous.  I guess its the idea of being on a big ship with thousands of people out at sea with no way to escape.  At least if your on land you have a way to escape.  Even though I have my doubts about cruising I think its a great way to travel.  You pay for one vacation, all you can eat food and entertainment, and you get to see several different places at once.  I guess if were to ever go I would try Mediterranean cruises, or possibly Alaska and Hawaii. 

One of the best ways to improve the performance of your PC is to upgrade your computer memory.  Last month I upgraded the memory of our computer to its maximum of 2 GB.   All of my programs including space hungry art software is running much faster.  There are so many other great improvements but a flat screen monitor would also be a great addition to any system.    
 

We are back from a relaxing and tranquil vacation without breaking our savings accounts.  The flight home last night was a little bumpy from all the Midwest storms we’ve had lately but our vacation was terrific.  I think I found the quietest place on earth on a lake in Minnesota.  Absolute quiet.  Except for the birds chirping and the sound of us catching various species of fish including large mouth bass, crappie, blue gill, and walleye.  It made me realize that there is almost no part of my everyday life that is this quiet.  There is always NOISE around me.  Noise that you tune out until you go to a place like a quiet lake in Minnesota only to realize just how noisy your life really is.   I’ve gotten used to that noise around me and I don’t think its a good thing. 

Shopping for Father’s Day?  Here are some great ideas to find that perfect gift.

Your dad likes to build or fix stuff:  air tools

Your dad loves music:  XM satellite radio

Your dad is the outdoorsy type:  Gift Certificate to REI 

The Sports Fanatic:  NFLshop.com or Dick’s Sporting Goods

For that dad that’s hard to buy for:  Gift Certificate to his favorite restaurant or steakhouse, a leather wallet, or Swiss Army knife.