This is my second
attempt at producing a video ad for SiteHoundSniffs. I think it is a little better than the first
one, but Grayson says, “Just a little—not so much.” Sigh.
In regards to Super
Bowl LI, since my beloved Cowboys did not make it again this year, I do not really
have a dog in this fight. Quite frankly,
we will be cheering for offense, and we will not mind either team winning. After all, the continuing excellence of the
Patriots should be rewarded, but the Falcons have never won it. Of course, when my beloved Cowboys win the
next one, I will not care who they beat.
I will start holding my breath now.
A star is
born? Hardly. Not that it is Grayson’s fault. For as he loves to tell anyone within his
considerably range, he has a seriously sorry lot to work with, which the
quality of that first ad attempt clearly indicates. Maybe being really bad is really good? Just ask the Sharknado movie series
producers!
Speaking of
producing, I have had an idea for this ad and several others for several weeks,
but the Windows Movie Maker and Sound Recorder went away after installing Windows
10. It was fairly easy to replace the
sound recorder, but the movie maker was an entirely different story. After weeks of searching for a suitable free
replacement, I decided to investigate just how complicated Adobe’s Premier
Elements 9, which came installed on this computer, would be to work with. No, it would not be impossible, but with all
of the “stuff” that I do not have the time and energy to do, I was sure longing
for the very simple Windows Movie Maker.
As I know all too painfully well that one can find almost everything
they are looking for on the web if they know the right question to ask. Well, I was finally given the right question,
and it turns out that one can simply reinstall the 2012 Windows Live Essentials
Suite on a Windows 10 computer, and the Movie Maker is included.
As if our normal
life around the house is not tornadic enough, Arlynda’s mother, who has lived
with us for the past almost eleven years, decided to have one of her “spells”
on New Year’s Eve, but this one was more serious than her others. For she actually wanted an ambulance called
to take her to the emergency room. It
turned out that she had a massive heart attack, which left half of her heart no
longer pumping.
Yeah, “spells”
conjures up visions of an old witch working her magic, and if I did not know
better, I could argue that a bad spell had been broken. For as soon as the EMTs arrived, Arlynda’s
mother became the sweetest little-old-lady ever. She even told them that she did not want to
be a bother when they asked if she wanted to be carried to where she could be
placed on the stretcher. This wonderful
persona continued until she died a week ago last Sunday (January 15,
2017). She would have turned 79 last
Sunday (the 22nd). No, I do
not want to go into any details, but be assured that the sweetest
little-old-lady ever did not live with us for the past almost eleven years.
Her funeral was
held last Wednesday (the 19th) which Arlynda’s sister arranged. Thankfully, Arlynda’s sister has been doing
99% of the work at going through their mother’s “stuff.” Be assured that she crammed quite a
collection into our small house. Is
there a market for empty catfood tins?
Around 100 have been found so far.
I gave up on throwing them in the trash after she kept digging them out
and voicing her added displeasure with me.
In regards to
Arlynda’s physical health, she has been getting along as well as possible. She has not fallen again in weeks, and she
has full movement in her right shoulder back.
Nothing has changed
with me. So, there is no need to
elaborate.
Our two pups and
two kitties are all doing well. I have
taken over the catfood duties. I was already
scooping the litterbox. Grayson always
laughs at me when it’s time. Sigh.
