House Of Blue Lights

Farview glows like an alien spaceship at night.  All electrical appliances these days seem to come with blue lights that stay on even when the object is turned off.  I suppose this shows they are ready for takeoff at a moment's notice.  What with the night lights I recently put in the hallway and several rooms, the computer modem (five! blue lights), and the two new TV receivers, unless the power goes out, I'll never be in the dark again.  I'm grateful that the manufacturers chose blue and not red.  In the old days, a red light on a house indicated ladies of ill repute in residence.  My reputation may be shot as it is, but at least I'm not advertising.

The new receivers came with new remote controls.  Thien did not leave a manual for said remotes.  There are several unidentified bars and buttons that I am afraid to push for fear of destruction (me, the remote, the television).  I asked about four bars in different colors.  "Oh, don't worry about those.  Just don't push."  Now that's scary.  What if they are a signal to the mother ship?

Joel put the finishing touch to the refurbishing done by the Kids.  To paraphrase an insurance slogan, "Like a good neighbor, Joel is there."  He has his own large vineyard to tend, but took the time and gasoline to come over and disk the big south pasture.  All weeds are gone!  "Thank you" just never seems enough.

Yesterday was pretty much a lost cause for getting anything done around here.  Those appointment "windows" leave a person hanging.  Camille stopped by for a minute.  The score changed when the coyotes nabbed Spot, her favorite chicken.

If I ever go missing, check Alpha Centauri.  I might have pushed the blue bar.