Looking out my front window, it looks like it will be another lovely day. The trees are so pretty with their show of autumn colours. It seems a shame that nature puts on such a gorgeous display of reds, greens, golds and browns but only gives us such a short time to enjoy it. Before you know it all the leaves will be off the trees leaving us with a depressing view.
Oh well, it won't be too long until nature gives us another awesome treat. I love the trees and grasses when they are covered in hoar frost. To be able to see the hoar frost at its finest when the sun just peeks over the horizon causing the countryside to look like it is covered with diamond dust was one of the perks of working night shift.
I don't think I could ever live in a country that doesn't have the freezing temperatures needed for the glittering snow covering the fields and houses. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the cold weather and snowy driving conditions but I think that nature has given us the beauty of the season to compensate for the hardships.
I actually think that winter is the most beautiful season of all. After a newly fallen snow, everything looks so clean and sparkles so prettily. When my son was small I used to tell him the sparkles in the snow were magical diamonds. You could only look at them and if you tried to pick them up, they would disappear. Also, in the midst of the season we are treated to such wonderful holidays as Christmas and New Years. Just thinking of all the lights and decorations on the houses through the Christmas season makes me smile. Winter also holds a couple of very special memories for me. My wedding took place in late November and the two of us became a family in March six years later. I pause here for a bit just to remember and smile.
I suppose you might wonder if I've gone off my rocker thinking about winter already. Well I have a good reason to think about it because a girl friend and I are finalizing plans for a Mexican holiday this winter. It will be quite an adventure as I plan to do a lot of snorkeling and fully intend to go parasailing! I am soooo excited!
Today is laundry day. I don't mind doing laundry, but my companion Mr. Tis complains loudly when I have to climb the stairs. Arthur I. Tis especially hates it when I am carrying a heavy laundry basket. You would think I would learn to take the laundry downstairs before the hamper got full but noooo - not me!
Well I think that is enough ramblings for today. Now I'm off I go to do that darned laundry. hmmm...maybe I'll just tie the laundry in a sheet and boot it down the stairs.
Tomorrow I think I'm going to write about friends. But you never know what my wandering mind will be thinking about when it comes time to write.
Now go hug a friend today.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Monday, 24 September 2012
A Bit of This and A Bit of That
HELP!!
I seem to have caught some kind of bug and am not sure how to treat it!
I woke and got out of bed at the odd hour of 10 am and didn't crawl right back under the covers after feeding the cats. Without even thinking about it, I tidied my hutch drawers, did my few dishes from supper, arranged my consultant kit so it's ready to go at the drop of a hat, put away the home decor items that were out of season and redecorated with seasonal items and attended a conference call meeting (and even paid attention!). (note these are not in cronological order) Next I intend to organize my catch all basket of filing and rearrange my sample kit. I don't know where I could have picked up such a nasty bug but I sure hope it goes away soon!! Heaven only knows what I'll do if I know where everything is without having to dig through a half dozen piles of stuff!! OMG!! What will I do next? - clean and organize my craft room? my bedroom? maybe even (shudder at the thought) the storage room?
While doing all this, I didn't even take one break toplay check on my FaceBook!!
Has Hell completely frozen over?? Is the sky going to fall? Oh me, oh my!!!
Yesterday (OK, technically it was early this morning) I talked a bit about my spastic kitten, Majik. Today I have another story about my four legged brats. Misty is a long haired cat prone to matting who for some reason absolutely refuses to let me cut her butt hair - you'd think she doesn't trust me with scissors for some reason. Anyway earlier today I could smell something very unpleasant and figured Majik had been too lazy to go down to the basement to do her thing. I searched all possible nooks and crannies (amazingly easy to do now that the room is clean) with no success. Then I got a lovely surprize when Misty jumped up on my lap for a cuddle. Yup, you guessed it! She had a lovely clump of doo-doo stuck in her butt hair. After my immediate reaction of 'get off me!!' I rushed her into the bathroom and drew her a lovely bath. Well you can imagine that she was NOT appreciative of the dunking!! I never thought I'd be so glad that she is declawed! I definitely got a huge laugh at her expense after her bath - she looked soooo pissed off and unfuzzy!
And that sends me onto another tangle of thoughts.....Don't you wish people could find it as easy as animals to be forgiving? If a person slights another (even when done with the best of intentions) we tend to hold onto that anger/hurt/disappointment for far too long. This causes feelings between both parties that can, if not dealt with in a healthy manner, can wreck marriages, long term friendships, break apart siblings, etc. And all too often when the slighter acknowledges their slight and apologizes to the slightee and the slightee responds with forgiving words (don't worry about it, I forgive you, it wasn't anything worth fighting over, etc), neither one really means it. Thus the slight festers and grows into something really ugly.
As I grow older and wiser (at least I'd like to think there is some benefit to getting old), I look back on past relationships and can see how I let the ugly growth come between us - all too often over something so petty as to be ridiculous. Now, I'm not saying that I've learned to forgive and forget - there are still some hurts from the past that are too embedded in my psyche to forget, and to be honest I don't want to let go of the constant companionship of that said growth. However, I am learning how to let go of the petty grievances and keep the ugly growths from growing larger and uglier. It is not always easy to admit when you have caused someone discomfort or downright pain and admitting your error may not always result in being forgiven. But if you honestly mean your apology and can accept that you can't control how your apology is taken, then at the least you have kept another monster at bay.
We should all strive to be like Misty - she was truly upset at being tossed into a tub of water (and I think her feelings were hurt when I laughed at her) but after spending a few minutes trying to put her fur back into its usually fuzzy state, she was again on my lap, purring and licking my ear. Can you just imagine what the world would be like if we all were like her?
WOW!! That was a mouthful! And that last line made me laugh as I got a mental picture of everyone in the world as cats. Can you just imagine the amount of hair balls there would be? Even worse, with everyone being a cat, there would be no humans around to feed us or clean up after us!
After hopping from topic to topic, I seem to have refound my natural state of laziness and no longer feel the urge to do further cleaning. Whew!! I certainly hope that is the end of that!! Now I am trying to decide if I want to get up off my butt for a snack or just stay put and touch base with my FB games. That is much more like the true me - hope that imposter stays away now. That basket of filing and the sample reorganizing will just have to wait for another day.
So long for now. Smile at someone you don't know - likely you'll have brightened their day and yours.
.
I seem to have caught some kind of bug and am not sure how to treat it!
I woke and got out of bed at the odd hour of 10 am and didn't crawl right back under the covers after feeding the cats. Without even thinking about it, I tidied my hutch drawers, did my few dishes from supper, arranged my consultant kit so it's ready to go at the drop of a hat, put away the home decor items that were out of season and redecorated with seasonal items and attended a conference call meeting (and even paid attention!). (note these are not in cronological order) Next I intend to organize my catch all basket of filing and rearrange my sample kit. I don't know where I could have picked up such a nasty bug but I sure hope it goes away soon!! Heaven only knows what I'll do if I know where everything is without having to dig through a half dozen piles of stuff!! OMG!! What will I do next? - clean and organize my craft room? my bedroom? maybe even (shudder at the thought) the storage room?
While doing all this, I didn't even take one break to
Has Hell completely frozen over?? Is the sky going to fall? Oh me, oh my!!!
Yesterday (OK, technically it was early this morning) I talked a bit about my spastic kitten, Majik. Today I have another story about my four legged brats. Misty is a long haired cat prone to matting who for some reason absolutely refuses to let me cut her butt hair - you'd think she doesn't trust me with scissors for some reason. Anyway earlier today I could smell something very unpleasant and figured Majik had been too lazy to go down to the basement to do her thing. I searched all possible nooks and crannies (amazingly easy to do now that the room is clean) with no success. Then I got a lovely surprize when Misty jumped up on my lap for a cuddle. Yup, you guessed it! She had a lovely clump of doo-doo stuck in her butt hair. After my immediate reaction of 'get off me!!' I rushed her into the bathroom and drew her a lovely bath. Well you can imagine that she was NOT appreciative of the dunking!! I never thought I'd be so glad that she is declawed! I definitely got a huge laugh at her expense after her bath - she looked soooo pissed off and unfuzzy!
And that sends me onto another tangle of thoughts.....Don't you wish people could find it as easy as animals to be forgiving? If a person slights another (even when done with the best of intentions) we tend to hold onto that anger/hurt/disappointment for far too long. This causes feelings between both parties that can, if not dealt with in a healthy manner, can wreck marriages, long term friendships, break apart siblings, etc. And all too often when the slighter acknowledges their slight and apologizes to the slightee and the slightee responds with forgiving words (don't worry about it, I forgive you, it wasn't anything worth fighting over, etc), neither one really means it. Thus the slight festers and grows into something really ugly.
As I grow older and wiser (at least I'd like to think there is some benefit to getting old), I look back on past relationships and can see how I let the ugly growth come between us - all too often over something so petty as to be ridiculous. Now, I'm not saying that I've learned to forgive and forget - there are still some hurts from the past that are too embedded in my psyche to forget, and to be honest I don't want to let go of the constant companionship of that said growth. However, I am learning how to let go of the petty grievances and keep the ugly growths from growing larger and uglier. It is not always easy to admit when you have caused someone discomfort or downright pain and admitting your error may not always result in being forgiven. But if you honestly mean your apology and can accept that you can't control how your apology is taken, then at the least you have kept another monster at bay.
We should all strive to be like Misty - she was truly upset at being tossed into a tub of water (and I think her feelings were hurt when I laughed at her) but after spending a few minutes trying to put her fur back into its usually fuzzy state, she was again on my lap, purring and licking my ear. Can you just imagine what the world would be like if we all were like her?
WOW!! That was a mouthful! And that last line made me laugh as I got a mental picture of everyone in the world as cats. Can you just imagine the amount of hair balls there would be? Even worse, with everyone being a cat, there would be no humans around to feed us or clean up after us!
After hopping from topic to topic, I seem to have refound my natural state of laziness and no longer feel the urge to do further cleaning. Whew!! I certainly hope that is the end of that!! Now I am trying to decide if I want to get up off my butt for a snack or just stay put and touch base with my FB games. That is much more like the true me - hope that imposter stays away now. That basket of filing and the sample reorganizing will just have to wait for another day.
So long for now. Smile at someone you don't know - likely you'll have brightened their day and yours.
.
My First Blog - Majik and Miracles
Well, here I am entering the world of bloggers for the first time. I've thought often of writing a blog but something always came up. Then I started to get serious about it and did a wee bit of research - everyone said to start you have to have a topic. Well - that almost did me in until a friend of mine (yes I do have some friends - and don't even have to pay them!) told me that having no topic can be a topic on its own. Next, being the cheapskate I am, I had to find a free blog site and after another miniscule amount of research decided on the Blogger.
So what am I going to write about today? HMMMM let's see.....how about how my day went.
I got up at my usual hour - about 2 pm and did the usuals to prepare for my day. (If you thought I was going to go into details about the 'usuals' - you are one SICK puppy and need to go chase your tail in somebody elses yard) Then I had an unusual thought - that it would be a good day to get some housework done. Anyone who knows me, knows that is nothing short of a minor miracle and should I follow up on the thought, a full fledged miracle!! Get out the marker to mark this one on the wall cuz I actually did some cleaning.
Of course the cleaning was broken up by a couple of breaks to check on my FaceBook page (you never know when someone might put up a status or picture that will be life changing!!) However, my breaks weren`t as frequent as usual as I was really into the cleaning mode. Not entirely sure if it was my own doing as I was also listening to some motivational speakers at the same time. Yeah, that`s got to be it - it was the speakers! Big sigh of relief - hate to think I might be turning over a new leaf (shudder).
If you are wondering what amazing motivational speakers could keep me working at cleaning my house, it was The Mind Aware with Dana Wilde and some guest speakers. Pretty good stuff, you might want to check it out for yourself.
You still here? You've got quite a tolerance for boring stuff, don't you.
Anyway, to continue with my day (evening now, actually)....I then decided it was time for sustenance and the order of the day was tomato soup and a ham sandwich. I sat down to eat and watch the news when a little thief decided to help my diet by trying to steal my sandwich. 'Ah Ha' says I - 'you won't be performing any tricks like that!' And I lift her from within centimeters from my food and place her on the floor. 'Ah Ha' says she - 'I won't be put off that easily!' and jumps back onto my lap using her sharp kitten claws on my legs in the process. Then she proceeds to give me a cute kitten look just before trying to steal the sandwich again. After a few more cycles of me putting her back to the floor and gaining a couple more scratches on my already well scratched legs as she not so nimbly jumps back up onto my lap, she cuddles up to me purring loudly. Of course I cave and give her what she's been wanting all along - some of the ham sandwich. Fickle kitten! Once she had what she wanted do you think she'd stay and let me know of her eternal gratitude? Hell no! Once she decided there was nothing left for her as I had greedily eaten my sandwich and tomato soup wasn't quite to her liking, she jumped down and went to play with the elder cat. Hmpf! We'll just see who's boss come feeding time tomorrow!!
Feeling cheated and unloved, I turned off the boring news and decided to continue the cleaning by doing my dishes and tidying up the counters. When the idea struck me to start to sort my paperwork my poor psyche just couldn't handle anymore of this 'new me' and my mind wandered off to the land of blogging. I sat down, set up my blog and you know the rest of the story.
Now it is time to do something important - get myself a nice cold cooler and check if there are any mind blowing statuses on FaceBook.
Good-bye until we meet again. If you are a crazy enough to come back, that is.
PS just in case you didn't figure it out, Majik is the kitten.
So what am I going to write about today? HMMMM let's see.....how about how my day went.
I got up at my usual hour - about 2 pm and did the usuals to prepare for my day. (If you thought I was going to go into details about the 'usuals' - you are one SICK puppy and need to go chase your tail in somebody elses yard) Then I had an unusual thought - that it would be a good day to get some housework done. Anyone who knows me, knows that is nothing short of a minor miracle and should I follow up on the thought, a full fledged miracle!! Get out the marker to mark this one on the wall cuz I actually did some cleaning.
Of course the cleaning was broken up by a couple of breaks to check on my FaceBook page (you never know when someone might put up a status or picture that will be life changing!!) However, my breaks weren`t as frequent as usual as I was really into the cleaning mode. Not entirely sure if it was my own doing as I was also listening to some motivational speakers at the same time. Yeah, that`s got to be it - it was the speakers! Big sigh of relief - hate to think I might be turning over a new leaf (shudder).
If you are wondering what amazing motivational speakers could keep me working at cleaning my house, it was The Mind Aware with Dana Wilde and some guest speakers. Pretty good stuff, you might want to check it out for yourself.
You still here? You've got quite a tolerance for boring stuff, don't you.
Anyway, to continue with my day (evening now, actually)....I then decided it was time for sustenance and the order of the day was tomato soup and a ham sandwich. I sat down to eat and watch the news when a little thief decided to help my diet by trying to steal my sandwich. 'Ah Ha' says I - 'you won't be performing any tricks like that!' And I lift her from within centimeters from my food and place her on the floor. 'Ah Ha' says she - 'I won't be put off that easily!' and jumps back onto my lap using her sharp kitten claws on my legs in the process. Then she proceeds to give me a cute kitten look just before trying to steal the sandwich again. After a few more cycles of me putting her back to the floor and gaining a couple more scratches on my already well scratched legs as she not so nimbly jumps back up onto my lap, she cuddles up to me purring loudly. Of course I cave and give her what she's been wanting all along - some of the ham sandwich. Fickle kitten! Once she had what she wanted do you think she'd stay and let me know of her eternal gratitude? Hell no! Once she decided there was nothing left for her as I had greedily eaten my sandwich and tomato soup wasn't quite to her liking, she jumped down and went to play with the elder cat. Hmpf! We'll just see who's boss come feeding time tomorrow!!
Feeling cheated and unloved, I turned off the boring news and decided to continue the cleaning by doing my dishes and tidying up the counters. When the idea struck me to start to sort my paperwork my poor psyche just couldn't handle anymore of this 'new me' and my mind wandered off to the land of blogging. I sat down, set up my blog and you know the rest of the story.
Now it is time to do something important - get myself a nice cold cooler and check if there are any mind blowing statuses on FaceBook.
Good-bye until we meet again. If you are a crazy enough to come back, that is.
PS just in case you didn't figure it out, Majik is the kitten.
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