Horrified!

 Did not work on Bucket List today. Nor start chores for upcoming apartment inspection. Nor did I cut my fingernails; they seem to have grown overnight. I would have loved this when I was young and still wore nail polish. 

Trying to break Facebook game addiction. Instead of going directly to Facebook, loading Farm Town, when I woke up, I did Wordie. I average 4 tries to get the correct word. Twice it was dumb luck that I got it on the 2nd try. Today it was 5th try. Somedays I do not guess it at all. Why do I keep playing when it just irritates.

Then rather than check Google news headlines, I checked Yahoo news headlines. I decided to stop replying to comments on articles. Instead, I copy comments for my political blog, then add my thoughts.

Oh my, 9:30ish, I needed to get to FT. Luckily I did not plant crops that needed harvesting. I did forget about loading and sending a ship. Why do I keep doing that if I am quitting soon.

Then I jumped back to Yahoo news headlines to read articles I did not get to first go round. More copy comments for blog so I could reply. Now 6PM and I am still sitting in front of computer. I did make breakfast, gave a bad review on No Bake Betty Crocker Cookie Dough Cinnamon Rolls. 

Aside: new Grocery outlet opened in Aharts location. Aharts was my main I can walk to grocery store. The outlet had some bargains. Most was the same as Giant or Weiss markets where my daughter usually takes me. I had to buy butter which I seldom use. Needed a whole stick for the bargain 2 for a dollar Betty Crocker packet. Maybe I did not notice the "edible cookie dough" notation. 

One star rating. "If you love butter topped with tablespoons of sugar, go for it. Did not taste like cinnamon Vanilla flavored glazed topping did not taste like vanilla." I feel bad, later when I ate another butter bite, I tasted the cinnamon. But still butter and sugar overpowered it. Donation to Giant food collection next trip there, goes the 2nd box.

You can see why I am still sitting in front of internet; I start typing and I never stop. Tomorrow. Always tomorrow. 

I also heated up leftover lentil soup for lunch. Made a quick chicken salad with left over chicken. To make matters worse I read some Google news articles. I found a Media Fact Check site that lead me to read more articles, then go to the site's Facebook page to load it, read several more articles. Shared two Memory Halloween photos. Added book I Am Malaya to Goodreads. Person's Halloween costume reminded me. Then I had to search for my Slash costume to post. Took some time to find it.

I was going to stop preaching on my Facebook Timeline, but I had to Like Dangerous Meme on Facebook, scrolled them, then searched and found article explaining why one should not copy/paste, blah, blah. 

I used to say I am easily distracted from my goals. How true. I had to log back on to Yahoo because I could not resist replying to some comments. On and on and I am shutting up.

Bucket List

 Bucket List #1: to update this blog's sidebar links needs to be put on hold. 

Today's list is to do chores before my apartment inspection; vacuum, wash floors, do yesterday's dishers, clean hated glass electric stone top, polish kitchen cabinets, was floors. Clean toilet. Find black nail polish I put away (see Homeless blog, Bed bugs post.) 

I bought a tiny pumpkin after seeing a post on Facebook. Tape a note on bottom and leave on people's doorsteps. My puzzle buddies started exchanging candy gifts. Teresa is no longer here on earth. Brenda is being treated for pancreatic cancer. She also has diabetes. Not good. So I wanted to use polish to paint standard eyes, nose, mouth on her pumpkin.

Have not decided what to write on the note. Get well soon? Not likely to happen. Cheer Up Things Could Be Worse? Oh no, no, no. You are so beautiful? Might work. Thanks for being a friend? Shall see. 

Dragon Mania Legends

I felt like I already wrote about Dragon Mania Legends. When checked to read my posts, I noticed that I did not remove all my side bar links. 

Bucket List: Check side bar links

While Farm Town was gone, I tried several games. Suggestions from FT playes. Mostly lame. If I wanted to repeatedly click to feed cow, or hens, I would play Crashdown. Crashdown frustrates and motivates me. A good time waster.

I stuck with Dragon Mania Legends, even though I did not like it. Oh, I loved the dragons. Did not like doing battles. And the ads! Buy this now for $2.99. Get this dragon for $9.99. If I intended to stay with the game I would not mind sending developers some cash. But they were throwing ads up over the game frequently. 

Log onto game just to collect gold coins, and food. Not until you see this money grab. See those annoying things flying around under the ad. You Are Making Me Miss Them All!!! I ran out of those flying things once, so try to catch as many as I can click on.

There are no FAQ's. There are things called scrolls that I also do not have. Yet there is no listing as to how many I have stored or how to get more. (other than spend $2.99, $5.99) They list how many of those flying things whose name I do not know, how many coins, how many gems but no scrolls. 

They want me to buy a V.I.P. pass in order to get double rewards. ($4.99) I never remembered or knew how to collect those Pass rewards, and would find 4 or 6 when I clicked on one of those links. They have several white ! or purple something or others over another. Clicking any of those brings up special offers to spend real cash to get. 

I wanted to breed a sunflower dragon. Several attempts got a tree, a plant, another tree, another plant, a leaf. (Ask self: why, you are not staying, yet, I wanted that Sunflower dragon!) The last two times I loaded the game they pop up a "watch video" ~ I did not mind watching a short video; I had even clicked on a link: Watch Video to Earn. No videos available. The videos wanted me to buy stuff to earn game rewards. 

I was actually interested in one item until I clicked link and found out how much the item cost. I will probably find a similar item cheaper for Son's Xmas or Birthday gift somewhere else.

One of those videos so irritated me, I closed the browser. Then removed game from Facebook. Yet I am still tempted to go back and see my dragons again. Do a battle or two. 

Gone Blog

 I did manage to do something on my Bucket List. Removed all my posts from this games blog.

I also removed my sidebar links. I found most of those places either no longer existed. In absence of Farmt Town I stumbled upon Puzzability, It is still around but the daily games I used to love to play are no longer available. 

I often say that I am easily distracted from my goals. Why ever am I typing here? Crawdads, crayfish, homeless in Long Beach brought me here to record some nonsense.

I think I need to rename this blog: Bucket List. Start acting like I know my terminal illness can return at anytime, rather than act like there will always be another tomorrow. 

Farm Town

 When Facebook suddenly removed Farm Town, I did not know what to do with myself. Now that it is back, I am at the same point I was when it went bye-bye ~ I have lost interest in the game. Yet, when I wake in the morning, I need something to do that does not require standing or walking. 

Old age, bah, humbug.

I started playing Farm Town in 2009. I stopped playing in 2018. I was bored, so started playing again early 2022. It was a relaxing game; liked to decorate the farms. It got to be one needed too much Farm Cash to keep up with needed tools, to add new facilities and to buy new farms. 

I stopped buying and upgrading farms before I left the game in 2018. I have added some more farms, mainly due to needing more cow barns and hen coups. 

Now Farm Town added a Farm Pass feature. It is much the same as a regular feature of Quartsoft games I stopped playing. I never lasted long playing quest games. FT also has Regular quests, Co-operative quests, daily quests. Truly do not like games that require me to be back at certain times, that require doing tasks I have no interest in doing. 

Farm Pass has some great rewards; Some have a spinning wheel. Wait, while it slowly spins, wait while it slowly throws up colored confetti and your prize amount; then collect the reward. I do not play casino style games. 

I wish Gourmet Ranch was still available.

Anyway, I made a comment about rereading my Homeless in Long Beach blog. Too bad I did not think about that during the week Farm Town was not available.