I've made a deal with myself

Strange way to begin a blog post after ignoring my blog for days, right?  

The title has to do with an addiction.  I'm sure that sends my readers trying to figure out what my problem is, so I'll put your mind at ease.

I've pretty well conquered any addictions you might be thinking of, but this one would seem rather harmless:  It's a game called Words With Friends 2.

I love the game!  I'm not even that great at it, but once I got hooked, I couldn't stop.  I consistently played as many games at once as they allowed me.  Oh, the glorious feeling when I beat someone who was more skilled!  Oh, the grief, when I lost to someone who usually never wins.

I've had many Internet addictions:  The chat rooms, Facebook, reading other folks' blogs, Farmville... I could go on, but you get the idea. 

So I'm going to stay off WWF for at least a week.  When I go back, any day I don't post a blog entry will be a day I won't allow myself to play my favorite game.  Yes, friends and neighbors, I'm putting myself in time-out.  Either I straighten up, or I'm doomed to life without my favorite game.  You've missed out on so much lately, thanks to my lack of motivation when it comes to blogging.  Just this past week, our son, his daughter, and her baby have been here from Georgia.

Cliff and six-month-old Maelynn

Also, our oldest granddaughter took her mother to Cancun and left her sweet little dog with us.  Gabe loved having a little friend, even though Rory stole his bed all the time.

Gabe with his Shi-tzu girl friend Rory

I turned 75 years of age (no picture for that, but I look the same as the last picture I've shared with you, whenever that was).

And yesterday, for my birthday, the pump on our well quit.  It wasn't too much of an ordeal, though.  Cliff and Arick got a new pump at Menard's, and within four hours we had running water in the house once again.

How could they help but have good fortune with Gabe as a supervisor

So.  I still have a few WWF2 games to finish, because I didn't want to leave my opponents hanging.  I'm turning down new requests for new games, although it's hard, because I've played with many of these people for weeks or months.  But it's only a game!  It isn't real life.  

I should be checking in more frequently now with my random stories.  I'll leave you with these words of wisdom and hope to have something for you tomorrow.  

Thanks you for putting up with my stuff.