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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Fall Projects and thoughts

 Yesterday we had a project day...well project morning anyway.  Recycles went to recycle and garbage went to the landfill.  Patio chairs, table, various lawn ornaments and a bird feeder went into winter storage.  I vacuumed up the counters in the garage and threw a bunch of stuff away....some old gloves, yucky rags and empty containers.  I brought the snow shovel to the front door in anticipation of snow. 

Two things on my mind/in my craw this week.

Thursday the grocery store not Wally World had two checkouts open...they have at least eight lanes and four self checkouts.  I stood in one line for a bit...the cashier was coughing so much she was doubling over and then lifted off her mask to talk to people...can you imagine the hasty u turn I made to the self checkouts?  If a manager had been around I would have complained...that gal should not have been allowed to come to work...what is wrong with people? 

Dancing with the half naked Stars... men could you keep your shirts on?  I don't mind watching you dance UNTIL your shirt is ripped open then I just want to fast forward or turn the channel.  There isn't one among them that has bald chest that is worth looking at. 

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Friday, December 2, 2022

For Good

 I bought myself a pair of warm knitted mittens last summer.  I could not resist them.  I found them in a small craft shop off the beaten path. 


They are beautiful.  I put them away for the summer...who needs mittens in the summer anyways...who buys mittens in the summer.  Well...apparently I do, these are lined with angora yarn.  Just slipping your hands inside is almost orgasmic. 

I looked at them this week...as it happens they had joined two other pairs of mittens that I have been saving "for good."  How many pair of "for good" mittens did I need?  

I am going to wear them this winter, I thought about putting idiot strings on them so they are not lost. 

Why is it that letting go is so difficult.  I might lose one...I might get them dirty...I might...I might...I might enjoy wearing them...

Do you have anything that you are saving "for good" ?

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Monday, November 2, 2020

November Begins

 Gosh I hate the time change.  We put 9 Volt batteries on our grocery list so we can change the batteries in our smoke alarms...we do this in the Fall and in the Spring.  I know lots of people just check their batteries...we change ours...our lives are worth more than a couple of freaking batteries. 

Oh yes the time change makes me a little cranky too.  Imagine that.

We attempted to watch the live video of Sunday church services...they have a multitude of problems....with the video stalling every 30 seconds.   Instead I watched the video of my cousin's funeral...21 people were there and that included the Honor Guard....and their video was perfect.  It was a lovely service, he would have been pleased. 

Saturday night I started watching a Limited Series on Netflix called The Queen's Gambit.  All about chess...now I am NOT a chess player so I have no understanding of the game but the movie was great I give it a 9 out of 10.  

Grocery pickup was another nightmare last week...over charges and missing items that we paid for...uffda.  This week no bottled water, oranges or green enchilada sauce...go figure. I believe they may be idiots and allowed to vote. 

Covid 19 Dreams...I am in store and no one is social distancing...or I cannot find my mask...how am I going to explain this to Far Guy?  Good thing it was just a dream...or dreams.  Uffda bad enough I have to live the pandemic but it should stay out of my dreams/nightmares....on the bright side it has replaced the looking for a potty dreams.

AND to top it all off The Sexiest Man Alive in 1989 Sean Connery died...and Big Brother ended and The Bachelorette is in big trouble. 


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Monday, October 12, 2020

Fall Shawl and Unpacking

 I am not a real fan of anything camo.  However I did like the colors of this shawl...they said "Fall" to me. 


As you can see from the photo the colors blend with the woods. 

I finally took the time to take this shawl off the blocking mats. After the photo shoot I tucked it away in the shawl drawer upstairs...I might have a person in mind for this one. 

 I felt a bit better yesterday so I cleaned the bathroom, did some laundry and unpacked the craft suitcase that I have had packed for fifteen months. (There are three suitcases that were packed...crafts, toiletries and clothing.)  So far the craft one is the only one unpacked...I forgot some of the projects that I had in there....I was quite excited with some of the finds! 

Far Guy watched as I unpacked...he thought it was remarkable the stuff I had crammed in there. 

Perhaps I will get the other two suitcases unpacked this week. We will see. It took me days to pack...it will probably take me days to unpack....hope was there when I packed and now hope is lost. 

I have mixed feelings about Far Guy coming off the transplant list.  Happy that we don't have to live in the cities for three months, sad that he won't get new lungs, happy that he is feeling as good as he is.  In the end God is in charge and we have to deal with whatever comes next.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Maybe

I have the Bill Pay situation under control now...maybe.  I had to open a new account at a local bank as none of our other accounts would work.  I have entered all the information and hopefully bills will be paid.  The Credit Union still has not subtracted money from our account for the bills I paid using their system.  Someday I suppose they will figure it out.   I wonder how long it will take? 

 Finally after 8 plus weeks I can  say I might have accomplished this project...who knew it would be such a big pain in the butt.

Echinacea and an old bridge
It rained all day on Monday, turning our grass green again.  We had a number of errands to run.  The humidity makes it hard for Far Guy to breathe.  He is exhausted.  

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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Laughter

I saw something interesting the other day on Facebook. It made me laugh out loud.

“You own everything that happened to you.  Tell your stories.  If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have treated you better.”

Sometimes certain things just strike me funny… and I laugh right out loud uncontrollably…like Adam being a pill during a photography session.  His Mother didn’t think it was funny at all, possibly that made it all the funnier for me.  He was ordered to “stop before your Grandmother keels over.” ( Can you see the obit…old cranky woman dies from laughing too much! )

We all need a little more laughter, this world is way too serious.

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Saturday, August 5, 2017

Sunny Thoughts on Friday Afternoon

I am going to focus on sunny thoughts.

1.  My husband is in the kitchen cooking.  He will be baking eggs in cupcake cups inside a muffin tin.  He says we should call it a cupcake tin. Soon he will ask me for some  direction..yup… am I done with the eggs?   “Yes.”  Next he will ask me how much milk?  Nope… he must have guessed.  ( He just decided I was cranky.) His Doctor wants him to eat more protein…and eggs are one thing he can add to his diet…I suggested yogurt too.

2. Chance is good for today, he pooped and peed and drank some water and waited for his pill to be wrapped in cheese.  Don’t we all wish our pills could be wrapped in something yummy.

3.  The phone rang and I didn’t have to answer it.  It was BBW asking us to supper…hot dogs and smores. (Baby Brother’s Wife)

4. The weather is lovely… sunny and 70 F…just perfect.

5.  I have the potatoes and eggs cooked up for another installment of potato salad.

Well that’s about it for today.  Five sunny thoughts…any more would be a stretch of my imagination.

Bee balm at the hospital

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Friday, February 3, 2017

Friday Thoughts

Our woodchucks hibernate from October to April here in Northern Minnesota. They don’t come out on Feb 2 to the below zero weather, they are fast asleep down in the burrows below the frost line.   IF we had only six more weeks of winter I would be elated…but for us up here in the land of the FROZEN  …winter will be over in about 12 more weeks…give or take a few weeks.

I cleaned out my shampoo/conditioner drawer.  Took all the ones that didn’t pass the fragrance test to Savannah.  There are only a few shampoos that have no or very little fragrance.  Some may smell just fine in the store …yes I lift the caps and get a whiff…but when you use them the fragrance multiplys.

I started making my own bathroom cleaner after normal products were chasing Far Guy out of the house.  He cannot tolerate fragrance of any kind….it makes his lungs feel burned and makes it difficult for him to breathe.

In a spray bottle combine the following:

1/4 cup Dawn dishwashing liquid

1/2 cup lemon juice

1 cup white vinegar

1 1/4 cups of water

Shake and use.  It takes care of lime and hard water deposits.  It does a good job cleaning and does not have a heavy fragrance….duh it smells like lemon juice and vinegar!

We had an adventure in cooking this week.  Far Guy was hungry for Gumbo, so we made Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo.  I found a recipe and browned the flour in my cast iron dutch oven.  After stiring and stiring over low heat the flour finally got golden brown.  I set that aside and then added some olive oil to my pan and threw in chopped green and yellow peppers with a little onion, added some garlic salt, creole seasoning, thyme, chicken broth, spicy hot V8 juice and two cans of diced tomatoes. Then we added the golden flour slowly!  Finally I added some cooked diced chicken and raw shrimp…and let it simmer.  We ate it over white rice.  Far Guy declared it delicious.  I will have it again next year.  It was frozen in individual servings so he can have it when ever he wants.

Years ago Far Guy cooked some Gumbo.  The one with six garlic BULBS and a whole bunch of seafood that even our dog wouldn’t eat. You could smell that gumbo cooking outside of the house and inside the house our eyes watered. It is a cooking adventure we will never forget…although he may want to!  The best Gumbo ever was at D and B Gumbo in Gulfport Mississippi….mouth watering good gumbo.

I got the February Flag up.

Valentine Flag

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Monday, September 5, 2016

Minnesota Weeps

We weep for a child we never knew.  One who went missing near his family home in 1989.  We have been waiting for news of Jacob for 27 years.  Finally this weekend Jacob’s family was notified that his remains were found.  The family can finally put their son to rest, Jacob’s brother and friend can finally go on with their lives. All three boys were told by a man with a gun to lay down in the ditch and tell him their age…he told the other boys to run into the field and not look back or he would shoot them. He took Jacob.

How can this happen in small town Minnesota?  How could this evil man escape law enforcement for 27 years?  He can never be charged with this heinous crime…how can that be?

Jacob was 11 years old.  Jacob’s parents started The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center in his honor, to give others hope that their missing children would be found someday and they were also instrumental in getting laws passed so that Sex Offenders must be registered.

Until now there was always hope that Jacob would be found alive.  Instead his remains were found in a field near Paynesville Minnesota. Such sadness for his family.  His parents will go on with the work of the Foundation to give parents of missing children hope.  Jacob’s hope.IMG_9413 (4)
Over the years I often thought about Jacob.  Being a Mom I guess you do that or you pick out some little kids to think about often and pray for even if you don’t know them.

Leeanna (Beaner) Warner was just five years old when she disappeared from her home near Chisholm Minnesota in 2003…perhaps her mysterious disappearance will be solved someday.
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Sunday, August 28, 2016

Clouds and other stuff

We noticed some strange clouds on our drive last night.

Clouds like bubbles

The cloud looked like it had a bad case of the bubbles.

Clouds Aug 27 2016

It is starting to get dark earlier.  We saw four deer on our trip around the block. 

We had a quiet day at home on Saturday. I did laundry, scrubbed the tile floor in the living room area on my hands and knees, I am getting too old for hands and knees so part of it was sitting down scrubbing.  We have a steamer but there is nothing better than a really clean floor.  I painted some of the Christmas ornaments.  Far Guy woodcarved out in the woodshop and Chance stalked his favorite Chippy. He had a hold of it’s tail once and then let it go…after all if he catches it the fun will be all over.

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Thursday Thoughts

My baby brother and his wife welcomed the birth of their seventh grandchild…a healthy boy…who has no name yet so my brother says he will call him “Seven.”  That makes 19 Great Nephews and Nieces for us.

Far Guy and I have been carving on Christmas Ornaments every day, we have rain forecast again for a few days so I have a stockpile of ornaments to paint when the weather turns bad.  I mowed the lawn yet again and weeded my small flower garden out front.  The so and so squirrels have been tough on those flowers.

We have been watching some of the Olympics…Golf…well I would just as soon watch paint dry.  We enjoyed the sand volleyball and the diving competitions.  I believe we both liked the Olympics better in the olden days where the atheletes could not compete if they were paid for the sport they were in. I know we are old duffers.

Tiger Lily

My Tiger Lily bloomed this year.  The weather was wet enough and the deer left it alone for a change.  When ever I see a Tiger Lily I think of my Uncle Otto as he gave me my first start of these lilies.

The clouds have been impressive lately.  One night on our drive we watched the thunderheads build and collapse.

Moon August 12

I took this photo on August 12…I got the moon and the clouds.

The local small grain fields have been harvested, the air has been full of grain dust but luckily the wind has kept the dust away from our home.

We had our first meal of local sweet corn.  It was quite good.  I froze two small bags.  We did a freezer inventory and discovered we had 22 bags of corn left from last year so we are NOT making a big batch of sweet corn for the freezer this year.

Blueberries are in the freezer for winter.  No raspberries this year…picking was slim around here this year.

Barbara and Roger brought us some Walla Walla Onions that were huge, they are now in the freezer too.  We will enjoy them next winter in chili and on hamburgers.

So much for our hunting and gathering.

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Friday, July 22, 2016

Flowers and other “stuff”

I had an nice garden surprise. 

Double Rudbeckia

A Double Rudbeckia

With all the rain we have had recently the wild gardens are doing well.

Red Magic

Daylily ‘Red Magic’ put on quite a show this year.

Yesterdays Infusion went almost perfectly, the port worked as it should.  Far Guy reported back to his Doctor as requested.  Go figure what changed…although he drank more water and didn’t get a blood return until he leaned way back. One more week behind us. Every week seems to be a medical adventure. 

My “radical thought for the day”…Remember back when Sarah Palin said the Death Squads would take over?  Everyone dismissed her as a wacko??   Now we hear that there are no transplants for those over seventy.  Ever wonder how much it costs Medicare to take care of all of us older folks?? …each one of us that dies is money not spent and more that they can send to some overseas country that supports terrorism.

I finished the book I was reading by Barbara Leaming Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis The Untold Story. I give it a two out of five stars.  I watched How To Make an American Quilt on Netflix I gave it five out of five stars…I really enjoyed it, in fact I might watch it again.  The Bachlorette is nearing the end…will Jo Jo find love?  I like Luke.  Big Brother has been more interesting than usual…I like Pauli, James and Natalie and the weirdo Paul is growing on me.  Yes I might be a reality TV junkie.  Nothing better than a Naked and Afraid marathon or several episodes of Shark Tank to keep me entertained…anything is better than the news programs about who shot who today.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Meals on Wheels

We are not shut in enough to get Meals on Wheels.  We signed up Far Guys’s Mom a long time ago, when she was still in the apartment. That way she had one balanced meal a day and had contact with someone on a daily basis.  She said there was too much food for her to eat…and some foods she didn’t like.  She was a good cook and I am certain that some of the food cooked in huge batches for meals on wheels simply had little flavor.

Over at the local cafe you can go and have a Senior Meal at lunch time on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  I think lunch is $3.00 …we haven’t gone yet.  Someday we will have to give it a whirl on a day when we get up early enough to appreciate a lunch at 11:30. I am not sure what age you have to be to participate…but we are probably old enough.

There was a Food Truck over at Dorset Minnesota for the summer…we saw it parked there one day but didn’t stop.  Rumor had it that it was Companeros Mexican Restaurant Food Truck.

Another kind of Meals on Wheels.
Yesterdays Meals on Wheels
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Signs of late Fall

There are many things that signal Fall is nearing an end here in Minnesota.  Yes, sometimes Winter comes way earlier than the Winter Solstice on December 22nd  at 4:48 AM. (38 days away…but who is counting)

For now I am just happy to notice the Wild Rose Hips.

Wild Rose hips

Chance likes to eat them. 

Milkweed escaping

The Milkweed Pods have burst open.   The seeds will be carried in the wind, I hope they germinate next spring so we get more Monarch Butterflies next summer.

I got out my snow boots, they are warmer than crocs with socks.   I ordered myself an new down parka,  I hope it is warm and has long enough sleeves so every time I lift my arm up my forearm isn’t exposed.   Now I need a pair of black or grey mittens.

The cupboards are full along with the deep freeze…if we didn’t like fresh milk or fresh fruits and vegetables we could hunker down for weeks…possibly even a couple of months.

Both vehicles have winter survival “stuff” but I need to change out the hand warmers. Both vehicles were  taken through the Deluxe Carwash this week so that made me happy!

This is the real cold and humid part of the year, until the lake freezes over and the snow covers the ground it is cold and the wind can be just raw. 

Deer Hunting is coming to an end.  My Dad and my other baby brother each got their deer yesterday morning.  One doe and one buck fawn.   So it was a good hunt.

One more thing...Kleenex…I have to make sure I have some in my pocket when I leave the house…my old lady nose likes to run as soon as it hits the cooler air.

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Grinch Like

Cross one holiday off the list and lets get the other over with soon.  I am not much for holidays…I can become depressed very easily.  Turn the calendar from one month to the next already.

Why?  I don’t like shopping…good thing Far Guy says he will help or I would just write checks.  Much of the shopping I do will be online.  I must ready myself for those early morning phone calls from the Post Office about the delivery of said parcels.  I don’t like the commercialism that accompanies Christmas.  I like homemade…simple..put some candy and some peanuts in a bag with an apple and I am good.  I abhor the Christmas music in the stores that began weeks ago …I may start wearing ear plugs.

Although I am not cold and heartless or wish anyone misfortune I am a little grinchy. 

So much so that my daughter Jen  bought me a new winter hat.

Connies new hat

Chance is a marvelous hat model, as you can see he was thrilled.

I will wear it proudly shopping.  I might even wear it whilst decorating the trees.  I will wear it baking cookies.  I  could wear it from now until Christmas Day…whilst I finish up  some of my homemade gifts.

The Christmas Spirit is hard to find some days.  I will be searching for the Christmas Spirit all month long.

Gift count: two.  Gifts wrapped: none.  Cookies made : none. Cards written: none.  Home made ornaments: Complete!  Home made gifts: in progress.  24 days and counting.

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Getting Older

I think we need a notebook.  Someone in this household is having a memory problem.  Just sayin’ I cannot remember or be in charge of everything so I think a notebook will be added to the list.   A very important paper was not lost..just hiding in a secure place…just not a real obvious place.  The property tax bill was not paid just because we talked about it…I wish it was that simple.

Sometimes we put “stuff” away so good it disappears forever.  Someday I may find all the lost socks, papers, photos, mittens and keys, just not today.

Maple leaves 

Sometimes we forget we have our snow boots on with a pair of shorts because our feet were just a tiny bit cold and it was a quick fix..until we had to run to the store and forgot all about our toasty warm feet.  Sometimes we have too many pairs of shoes near the doorway and go to town with two different shoes on.  Oh well..life goes on.

I am tired of wondering who the heck that person was that was talking to me like I was their long lost friend.  Next time I will come right out and ask “What is your name..or I know you but I just cannot come up with your name at the moment.”  It might all be a false alarm, just some elderly guy/gal trying to mess with your already aged confused mind.

Many of our neighbors are moving to apartments and some to assisted living facilities.  Home places will be left behind, some have lived there all their lives.  Those places will never be the same even after new people move in…IF new people move in.

On the way to town, I watched an old farmstead all summer long.  The land around it was cleared for the corporate farmer, the trees went down one by one, soon I could see the silo like never before. It was like a beacon over the cornfield.   The house and barn were gutted and in less that a week all traces of that farmstead that was homesteaded back in the late 1880’s disappeared.  POUF just like that gone. No marker  to remember the spot…just another field put into the corn, potato, wheat, bean rotation.

Some things never change…like the white house with the blue trim where I stop to take photographs. Some days a little bit of normal with no change goes a long way:)

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Thursday’s Thoughts

It has been a busy week.  The phone has been ringing off the hook..Far Guy refuses to answer it because it is always for me.  We are nearing a major fundraiser for the museum this weekend.  I have all my “stuff” lined up and ready to go.  Other people are slower with their responsibilities.. and panicky. So somewhere along the line it is my job to hold their hands and calm their fears. What time should they show up..heck ..whatever it takes to get the job done.

I am tired this week.  I got a shingles vaccination ..do you suppose that would make me tired?   We got a Newsletter from our Insurance Company and they recommended it for everyone over 60 and would cover the cost of the vaccination which has a going price of $232 according to a Nurse at the Clinic.  Far Guy got one too.   I know several people who have had the shingles and it is not something I care to get.  Now at least if I get them it will only be half as bad..at least that is what my Dr. said.  If you live to be 80 years old you have a 50% chance of getting the shingles.  My Dad had them…and last summer we had a friend that had shingles in his eye..luckily his eyesight was not affected but it was worrisome.

I did some online shopping.. I ordered a pair of red crocs and found a couple of pairs of Dr Scholl's Penny Loafers for Far Guy..I think they are phasing out his favorite shoe.  He has scoured our entire area looking for his penny loafers.  So I ordered him a black pair and a brown pair when I found them online.

Paige our youngest granddaughter said the other day “Justin Bieber’s spots on his face make a heart.” …and then she almost swooned!  ( Far Guy and I laughed a long time after that remark.) She is saving her birthday money for JB Concert Tickets if he ever goes on tour.

Maddie is saving her birthday money to go shopping at a Hollister Store ( I have not heard of this store until now)..I asked her if they had cool clothes..she said yes..and expensive.  Apparently they have Southern Cali styles and you can shop at “The Dudes” or “The Bettys”..sometimes you can learn much from a Grandkid:)

April 17  Swans and a Red Winged Blackbird

Swans and a Red Winged Blackbird April 17 2012.

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Almost Normal

We are almost back to normal.  After having a bad cold for a week I am finally feeling better and have refrained from one of those healing naps for a whole day now.

I have  been enjoying the colorful dreams I was having..fever induced no doubt..I won jackpots at the casino, I was robbed in a casino, I was aboard a pontoon that was racing around during an art festival that was projecting it’s art in such a beautiful array of colors on the mirror like surface of a lake, and I went swimming with a whole bunch of dead relatives ( they weren’t dead and swimming but alive and swimming), I smoked a whole pack of cigarettes, I got a new job as a nanny for “19 kids and counting”..and poor Jim Bob had a heart attack.  I was in a war and hiding behind some kind of bullet proof curtain that was blue..except I forgot to cover up my feet ( I had a charley horse).  I could not for the life of me remember where I lived, someone asked me..I could not remember..I asked Far Guy and he wouldn’t tell me cause I should know..well I didn’t..really made me angry so I started to cry and woke up.  And that was just part of one night and what I can remember.  I am a fairly active dreamer when I am ill.

Far Guy had a Colonoscopy the other day..he says he will never be able to drink Gatorade ever again.  They snipped off and lassoed some polyps.  He is recovering nicely most likely due to the excellent care that he has been receiving by Chance and me! He has been having peanut butter withdrawal..and I think Chance has joined him in the throes of that withdrawal.  Today will be a good day for them because they are off of a restricted diet.  The 24 hours that Far Guy spent on a liquid diet was hell..he said even the dog food smelled good..now that is bad.

I have a mountain of laundry to conquer because it has been over a week since I washed clothes..and a week has passed without dusting or scrubbing floors. I need to disinfect a whole bunch of hard surfaces and get out a new toothbrush. I will have a busy day.

Feb 23 snow

We got some new snow.  Better late than never..and we are supposed to have a winter storm coming in over the weekend.  Good thing we can stay home this weekend and hunker down and get caught up:)

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Boxes and Balls

I read someplace..who knows where anymore..that men’s minds were like boxes.  They stay inside their boxes and finish up everything in the box before moving on to the next box. Women’s minds are like balls of wire..one thought runs into another and another and another..you get the picture.

I now understand that I have to program the box that Far Guy is in.  If I want to do multiple things in town I say “I am going to town and I am going  to the post office, the dime store and the grocery store and I might even stop at the antique shop or for a cherry coke downtown. If you want to go along you are welcome to come.”  As long as he puts my complicated wire in his box..we get along just fine.  The same thing goes for making a list.  We make a list of things we need in town..his items are all neatly written down in the proper box..some of mine are there but some are still in my mind dangling on one of those wires.  Sometimes on the way to town I add my things to his list.

I hear many women say that their husbands won’t stop to let them take photographs.  Well then drive yourself and stop where you want. OR as you are leaving you could say “If I see something I want to photograph I would like to stop.”  He will say “Yes” and put it in his box…easy peasy.

On the other hand, if men have only one thing on their mind… or in their box..you should not go along to town with them with all your complicated wires.  Sometimes men should be left alone to conquer what is in their box.  If they only need one thing to finish up a project and they are bouncing off of the four walls in their box because they want to get to the next box..then you should roll up your wire and not get involved.
Frosty tree
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Brown and Pins

I like the color brown..earthy..most of the interior of our home is decorated in warm shades of brown.

I have a hard time with the outside browns. Blah brown mixed with shades of grey. How wonderful…

Brown yard with a Chickadee flag

This is our yard to the east looking north.  I put up a chickadee flag to brighten things up.  Yes, that is a clothes pin holding the flag in place.  When the wind blows it will blow that flag right off of the holder and I will have to walk around in the woods looking for it..I still have a flag lost out there someplace. Since that loss.. the clothes pin does a good job.

Now this is a highly scientific survey..how many of you have heard the term “Pin Money?”

Far Guy insists that he had never heard that term before.  We were conversing..I said “OH so and so thought that she was working for pin money when in fact she was working to buy groceries and pay rent.”  Far Guy said “What is pin money?”  I replied “A woman’s money that she can use to buy pins or whatever else she desires.”   Hat pins, stick pins, clothes pins..fabric..rugs ( my Aunt Toots took a job once because she wanted new throw rugs in her kitchen). 

Far Guy said “Oh..like us guys have fun money..you women have pin money?”  Yes dear.

I suppose he has never heard of “Egg Money” either..my Mom had egg money..from the sale of eggs..but egg money was usually used to buy groceries not pins:)

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