Grow Your Own Doughnuts!

 here is the instructional video.

Friday is right around the corner...

its been a long week! bring on the weekend.  Can I get an amen from ya'll out there in blogland? Is there life out there??  Heard this one?

A wealthy couple prepared to go out for the evening. The woman of the house gave their butler, Jervis, the night off. She said they would return home very late, and she hoped he would enjoy his evening.

Unfortunately, the wife wasn't having a good time at the party, so she came home early, alone. Her husband stayed on, socializing with important clients. As the woman walked into her house, she found Jervis by himself in the dining room. She called him to follow her, and led him into the master bedroom.

She turned to him and said, in the voice she knew he must obey: "Jervis, I want you to take off my dress."

This he did, hanging it carefully over a chair. "Jervis," she continued, "now take off my stockings and garter belt."

Again, Jervis silently obeyed: "Now, Jervis, I want you to remove my bra and panties."

Eyes downcast, Jervis obeyed. Both were breathing heavily, the tension mounting between them. She looked sternly at him and said: "Jervis, if I ever catch you wearing my stuff again, you're fired!"

What is this? Orbs?

I've been taking pictures for a long time, just not random pictures in places around the house; I was hoping to catch my cat by surprise as she jumped up on the bed, so I heard her coming and then she stopped, so I snapped this picture from sitting on my bed.  Its rather odd, other pictures after this and before this there was nothing in the pic...odd.  Feel free to click on it, and enlarge it and let me know what you think.  I've had so many strange things happen in this house and never felt I was alone. 

My sweet Sissy...

Sissy is so funny! When I let her out exploring she chases bugs around the yard...

She loves it outside, sniffing, listening to the birds and bugs, hiding under the bushes, and makes a beeline for the door if she thinks I'm going out on the deck...she is my little shadow and follows me everywhere, so I guess it won't hurt to take her out for a bit...

Have a relaxing Sunday, bloggers!

Horror Flicks ...

 

 I do love me an occasional horror flick, and today I was loafing at WordPress and came across this blog with a horror video.  check it out.  I am definitely going to check out some more of these videos!

anybody got a good recommendation for a recent horror flick?!

Hacks & Scams...the stuff nightmares are made of!

Mothers Day weekend was a busy one for me, we had a client that needed overflow done but my boss and I were having problems navigating the client's EMR system, so we had to go through IT department to have them download this properly.   Saturday evening, I had work IT people on my computer, so the issue got fixed and I was working in the website, and somebody pinged in.  Without thinking when the ping came up I allowed this thinking it was my IT department checking back into see if the 3rd party site was functioning okay or that it was a staff monitor in the clients' EMR system, when in fact it became apparent after about a minute it was not my IT department, nor was it anyone associated with the client.  Come to find out, the window or site that our India IT work counterpart used to have remote access to my computer was left open and not shut, which therefore left me wide open for hackers. 

Now,  I consider myself an intelligent being, and I would never allow anyone access to my computer remotely (except my IT department from work), so I was not concerned at this point, but when he asked me my phone # and after I answered and realized it was not our IT guy, "Kash", rather some guy from India clearly struck a little fear inside the pit of my stomach.  He was trying to tell me I won a gift, and in order to get it, I would have to put in my 'personal information' well, he was very bossy and rude, that didn't go over really well, and I ordered him to get out of my computer immediately.  He was trying his best to scam me out of money says my IT department, bringing up a Western Union screen, then probably going to run a scan to scare me (which would not have worked either), but after only a few minutes, I got him out of my computer and all systems were cleared after a few phone calls and scans, thank God.  I immediately reported this to my IT department (which I feel should not have left me wide open), but the afterthought for me was that I was in a client's EMR which had pt names and personal information and this really scared me thinking that privacy could have been invaded.  I also had a name and phone # of this individual, so our IT department was going to track it down; also this information was given to Microsoft and HP for purposes of tracking and identifying the culprit.  

Not to mention, attached to my work computer is a router and I have a personal PC, of course my first thought was does this guy have access to my personal information, bank accts, etc.. I had email open and all kinds of stuff, so in order to further thwart off any attacks to any personal information he could have gotten into or downloading some tracking program, I opted to change my bank accounts and online information.  This was probably something I didn't have to do, but in the back of your mind you are thinking months later you'll check in and poof! your identity and/or your bank accounts and all have been stolen or depleted...it was a nightmare just to think about it, but both computers have run efficiently without any problems, the only thing was the scare of it, and the timing of it, as I happen to have a portal open.  I do hope that our IT team which was based in India at the time of all of this, has decided upon something else to use besides that remote access site.  They should have known the dangers. This really was upsetting to me personally, as well as to my boss. 

Clearly hacking and scamming have become the #1 professional activity for criminals, as no longer do they have to wear ski masks and carry a gun, or break in-home to steal, such as this latest scary heist, NY Times.

new toys!

 well I am posting this from my new tablet!  I just wanted to see if this works ...talk about one finger typing!

Tech Withdrawal versus Childhood

Well, I'd love an I-Pad if I could afford it, or a laptop, but as it is I saw this little 7 inch HP tablet that I am going to spend under 200 bucks on, so that's not so bad, and it has wi-fi capabilities, so it'll be enough suit my purpose  (though the camera is not that good).  What does one expect for under 200 bucks!  I did not need this but I thought it might be fun.  I really need to stop buying these techy toys!

I can't believe its May already and June is almost here, wow!  Isabella has got a birthday coming up the 25th, she'll be the ripe ole age of 11.  Geeze, it's been a while since I was 11, chasing butterflies and dreams of growing up (which came too soon I might add), catching fireflies at night and putting them in a jar, the simple joys, pb&j sandwiches for picnics and hours we would roam down to the creek and hike until we had no idea where we were, but like a good hound dog we always found our way back home.

Kids are exposed to so much technology now days, and I am having to de-program Isabella from it.  Even at 10 they are seeking out social networking sites, its just too much, and Isabella is pushing boundaries as it is.  The music they listen to is crap! The other day, Isabella came in the house in a huff and said, "Mamaw, there's two police cars out here..." I said, did they come for you? She can be a little unruly and I tease her sometimes that the police are gonna show up.  Well, she said, no, that the teen next door called the cops because her mom took her cell phone from her! Imagine that? Isabella says I would never call the police about something like that...I reminded her of the fit she threw when just a week earlier I snagged her IPod to put up, and grounded her from all electronics! wow, I know I'm the meanest Mamaw ever! I tell her a kid needs to be a kid, not a high-tech lazy!as it appears I got that base covered! LOL