Sheila Winston

We just realized that the little black and white TV and emergency broadcast radio combination does not work any more. Because there is no converter for this little TV set. Sigh.

This morning my throat was sore when I woke up. I can’t breathe and I feel totally awful. There’s no fever, so I guess it is not the flu. Maybe I am having a severe allergy attack? The weather has been crazy so I don’t know if it is the ragweed or the leaf mold.Or maybe a cold.

The only thing that makes me feel a little better is the hot tea. I don’t even want coffee – it makes my throat worse. So I’m sipping hot tea and staying in bed today.

One of the seasonal entertainments in this area are big haunted houses. Most of them are very elaborate, with live actors and high tech effects.

The good ones have already opened for business this weekend and they go through the end of October. There are five or six in the area – I have to decide which one to go through this year. I can’t afford to go to them all, and they sure are fun.

Usually I avoid the roads around the mall. The traffic is always very heavy and I hate to creep along with stop lights at every corner. But today I ended up driving through that area and I noticed that one of the big multi-screen movie theaters has switched from first run movies to the older movies and they reduced the ticket prices to a buck fifty. Now that’s a bargain and I might just start going out to the movies again to catch some of the ones I missed the first time on the big screen.

One of the fun activities at the beach is playing miniature golf. Even at night, you can easily play under the lights and have fun.

Around here there are a couple of miniature golf courses, but as far as I know there is only one official Putt Putt course. There used to be a second one, but last I heard it was up for sale.

Finally we have some of the new TV shows coming out with their season premieres. I like the way some of the popular shows are running the last one or episodes from last year before they show the new premiere. Especially when the last year’s show ended with a cliff hanger of someone getting shot or some other tragedy. I guess most of the cliff hangers are really about someone getting shot. Does this go back to the days of “Dallas” when they introduced the concept of “Who shot JR?”

Only a handful of Big Brother contestants left. The drama queen was finally kicked out. Now the drama King is on the block. I can’t wait to see if Russell gets kicked to the curb or if he can campaign to save his skin. Personally, I hope they kick him out – he’s the biggest threat to the remaining players. Surely they are smart enough to realize that.

For a long time I only ordered one thing from Starbucks and only went there about once a week. I knew that I liked that one flavor and didn’t see any reason to risk $5 on a drink that I wouldn’t like. But after a while I found myself looking forward to going to Starbucks every day and started getting bored with the same old drink. So I took a chance and was surprised that I liked it. But I should be going so often and I can’t help it.

I’ve been looking for a new game ID. I think this picture is a good representation of what I have in mind.

We had to go see the new Transformers movie. We’ve been waiting for it all summer.

It was a great movie. I loved all the action and the different robot characters that they introduced. The story had a few holes – but who cares? It was a fun action movie. Go see it on the big screen for maximum effect.