I was reading some new blogs this morning, and while doing so, I had a really great theme for an entry. But As I took time to pour another cuppa and take my insulin and meds, get dresses and take Sadie out, My brain lost it. I have absolutely no clue what I was going to write about. It was another Pulitzer Prize winner I just know it.
I go visit Bowen Island every day, and from there I usually take a side trip or two. Today I side tracked to a link from his page North Coast Cafe This is a site that I will have to go back to again and again, as there appears to be a lot to get lost in.
Chris' site is about life on Bowen Island, Canada, which is just a hoot and holler away. This Island is just off the coast of Vancouver, but is small and...well, go visit.
Damn! I still cant remember...I know as soon as I log off, I will. I hate Senior Moments....
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Monday, September 29, 2003
Fog....
I went to bed late last night, and lay there trying to read a book, but the cool air coming through the window kept distracting me. It smelled so good! It was really cold...and smelled just like the sea. I gulped in great big lungs full and kept it in as long as I could. About 4:00 I had to take Sadie out to pee. It was then that I noticed there were no stars out, and it sounded like it was raining. It wasn't, it was really foggy. THe really thick, you can't see through it fog, that forms in the Fall. THe kind that comes after a really hot dry day. The cool air from the sea sweeps in as the sun sets and mixes with the hot air from the land and Voila!! FOG. This thick fog was hitting the trees, sticking to their leaves, and dripping down like rain. THe grass is damp, and Sadie pees, but then runs toward the trees, to see what all the noise is. About this time a ship turns the corner from the Straight into Admiralty Inlet and hits the fog horn. BOOOOOP! really deep and loud. (as the crow flies I am about 1/4 mile from the shipping lane and up about 100 feet.) Sadie jumps, and heads right for the hem of my muumuu. There she sits cowering, afraid of what she can't see. Peeking out from under the hem as if to say, "Is it gone Mommie?"
It is now 2:00 in the afternoon, and the fog still has a firm grip on the land. It cooled down about 20 degrees from yesterday's record breaking heat. The leaves in the Alder Trees out back are turning yellow and brown and falling faster and faster. Soon the trees will be bare, and the Highway noise will be louder. The logging that was done this summer will have taken down the green buffer zone. It is hard to tell right now how much is gone, because it was done in the center of the Alders. With all of the leaves gone, the damage will show up more. I wish we could put a moratorium on all logging until the evergreens are replenished. It is really sad to see all the trees get cut and houses built. Makes me want to sell and move on...
It is now 2:00 in the afternoon, and the fog still has a firm grip on the land. It cooled down about 20 degrees from yesterday's record breaking heat. The leaves in the Alder Trees out back are turning yellow and brown and falling faster and faster. Soon the trees will be bare, and the Highway noise will be louder. The logging that was done this summer will have taken down the green buffer zone. It is hard to tell right now how much is gone, because it was done in the center of the Alders. With all of the leaves gone, the damage will show up more. I wish we could put a moratorium on all logging until the evergreens are replenished. It is really sad to see all the trees get cut and houses built. Makes me want to sell and move on...
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Donna's Sushi
Dear darling adorable daughter Donna, has a fascination with Japanese cooking. I bought a cookbook called Nobu that is all about Japanese cooking. Donna has decided that Today she will make Sushi for dinner. She has the sushi mat, the wooden rice paddle, the nori, the wasabi, the soy sauce, the yellowfin tuna and everything else to go into the roll. Cucumbers, Avocado, and rice. She starts the rice last night, washes the rice until the water runs clear just like it says in the book, and puts it into the rice cooker. It is MUSH. so we try again today. I make the rice the way I always do, it is perfect. (of course) she then mixes the vinegar and the sugar into the rice to make the sushi rice to roll into the nori. She has sliced the tuna thinly, she has sslsicied the veggies just so, and when she rolls the rice into the nori, it all falls apart. So there on the dinner plate is all the ingredients that are required, all in a heap. The roll fell totally apart when she cut it into slices.
She mananged to get two more rolls rolled and they looked really good, so That is the way she served them. Leaving it up to us to cut our own. I did. I cut it and put a tuna slice on mine, dipped it into the wasabi and the soy and almost died!! the Wasabi was a real sinus cleaner. It tasted Excellent once you got over the pain. Then she wanted to try eating it with chopsticks. oops. they dont make chopsticks for lefties. She cant pick anything up.
Poor baby, has two holes in her backside and her sushi failed. Actually it went really well taste wise. She just needs to work on her technique. I am sure she will master this also. She has managed to master so many things in her life. She is smart. She is driven. She is very patient. I would have had the entire mess turned into wallpaper in the dining room...I do love her. She even showed me how to post pictures.
Too bad it was the one with the bandit poop bigger than Sadie in it!! Sheesh
She mananged to get two more rolls rolled and they looked really good, so That is the way she served them. Leaving it up to us to cut our own. I did. I cut it and put a tuna slice on mine, dipped it into the wasabi and the soy and almost died!! the Wasabi was a real sinus cleaner. It tasted Excellent once you got over the pain. Then she wanted to try eating it with chopsticks. oops. they dont make chopsticks for lefties. She cant pick anything up.
Poor baby, has two holes in her backside and her sushi failed. Actually it went really well taste wise. She just needs to work on her technique. I am sure she will master this also. She has managed to master so many things in her life. She is smart. She is driven. She is very patient. I would have had the entire mess turned into wallpaper in the dining room...I do love her. She even showed me how to post pictures.
Too bad it was the one with the bandit poop bigger than Sadie in it!! Sheesh
sadie, petunias and poop
Well, after much haranguing, I have put a pic of sadie (sadist?) up on mom's webserver space so she can link to it on her blogger. I suppose it's the least I can do...since I can't reach and see my left buttock to dress my own damnable stitches.
Sunday Morning sunshine
It is an absolutely beeeuuuuutifull day. It must be 80 degrees + out there. Notice I said out there, I was Out there, too hot, so now I'm in here. Looking out there. needing to be out there, but I also need for it to cool off a scosh. I put the umbrella up and took my script out there, sat down and decided I needed to come in and get something really cold to drink, and got sidetracked.
I still have roses blooming!! and the zucchini is still setting blossoms, and the grass is still growing, so it must still be summer. Should be the last spurt before the frosts hit though. At least I hope so. I have mentioned before that I am one of those rare individuals that LIKES the cold weather. I LOVE the smell of really cold air, the feeling when you breathe it deep down into your lungs, and it cools you from the inside out. I sleep with my head stuck out the window most nights just to get cool air.
My sister called and begged off painting this weekend, which is just as well, because I really need a day of NOTHING. I know I had one yesterday, but Since Brenda never seems to be able to get one, I am taking one for her. She deserves it.
Wanda, how did you get haloscan to work on my blog? My daughter says she has been trying for ages and cant get it up. But then she hardly blogs anymore. I think she is afraid that I might yell at her about her politics. I wouldn't. She laughs at me about mine though. Don't understand that. Hmmmmm.
Oh I found something else that is really hard to do with blown knees. and big belly...paint your toenails!! I asked Bob if he would do it for me, he just looked shocked and said no! (I think he is sooo homophobic that if he even touches girlie things his dick would fall off. ) I sat there on my bed with those toenail foamy thingies stuck between my toes, (no easy feat that) trying to bend my knee enough to be able to reach down and paint the nail. Nope aint gonna work. SO I just bend as far as I can and aim. If you put enough polish on the brush, and hold it JUST RIGHT over the toe in question, it will drip off the brush and fall on said toenail. works too. Of course I am not gonna tell you what the rest of my foot or the newspaper on the rug looks like....
I still have roses blooming!! and the zucchini is still setting blossoms, and the grass is still growing, so it must still be summer. Should be the last spurt before the frosts hit though. At least I hope so. I have mentioned before that I am one of those rare individuals that LIKES the cold weather. I LOVE the smell of really cold air, the feeling when you breathe it deep down into your lungs, and it cools you from the inside out. I sleep with my head stuck out the window most nights just to get cool air.
My sister called and begged off painting this weekend, which is just as well, because I really need a day of NOTHING. I know I had one yesterday, but Since Brenda never seems to be able to get one, I am taking one for her. She deserves it.
Wanda, how did you get haloscan to work on my blog? My daughter says she has been trying for ages and cant get it up. But then she hardly blogs anymore. I think she is afraid that I might yell at her about her politics. I wouldn't. She laughs at me about mine though. Don't understand that. Hmmmmm.
Oh I found something else that is really hard to do with blown knees. and big belly...paint your toenails!! I asked Bob if he would do it for me, he just looked shocked and said no! (I think he is sooo homophobic that if he even touches girlie things his dick would fall off. ) I sat there on my bed with those toenail foamy thingies stuck between my toes, (no easy feat that) trying to bend my knee enough to be able to reach down and paint the nail. Nope aint gonna work. SO I just bend as far as I can and aim. If you put enough polish on the brush, and hold it JUST RIGHT over the toe in question, it will drip off the brush and fall on said toenail. works too. Of course I am not gonna tell you what the rest of my foot or the newspaper on the rug looks like....
Saturday, September 27, 2003
Lazy Day....
I did absolutely NOTHING today. At least nothing really worthwhile, like Leslie I got up late as I mentioned earlier and then I took Sadie out and we sat on the deck in the shade and I read my Script along with the CD of GODSPELL. Loudly too. So now the neighbors either think that I have found religion, or are losing it one or the other. Sadie did not know what to think of the black box making noise on the deck. Kept going over to it and cocking her head and barking little puppy barks. Yap Yap YAp.
Bob came over right as I was ending act I and brought over a big burlap bag of oysters. SO tonite we had grilled oysters, grilled steak and grilled Zucchini right from the garden. YUMMY. Slice them length wise, rub them with olive oil and sprinkle kosher salt on them a little basil and some garlic powder then throw them on the shelf in the grill until tender. Really good. The oysters were not the best. He got them on sale at the Commissary on base, and they were not fresh, and when the shells popped open, they were really rubbery and small. what a disappointment. If you put them on a hot grill right out of the sea, wait until they steam a little, pm off, open the shell, dash of tobasco, and a little lemon, and OH MY!! Heaven.
Sadie had her first piece of raw cow tonite. I would not let her have it entirely but I let her chew on it. Oh she loved it.
I was afraid she wouldnt chew it up enough and she would choke, so i just let her chew the flavor out. She still does not have all of her little teeth although the ones she does have are really sharp! My toes are full of holes.
HAve any of you ever tried Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap? seriously this is great stuff. Chemystery gets it at a health food store. He makes several kind, Lemon, Peppermint, Eucalyptus, lavender, and castile. in bars and liquid. Now you have to understand this guy was very ate up about religion and showed it on his label, but the product is fantastic. It actually is great fun to sit in the tub and read the back of the bottle. I just laugh, there is no part of the label that is not written on. Even on the inside of the bar label. You really need to try the liquid lavender soap. It along with Epsom salts in a really hot bath, takes all your cares away. Totally. I LOve it. If they don't have it in Canada, let me know, I'll send you some.
Do any of you have ICQ? if so let me know and maybe we can connect.
Well Sadie is now resting on my feet under the desk. THe daughter started up the vaccum cleaner, and she does not like it. she has her tail tucked between her legs and is hiding. Sadie, not Donna...
Bob came over right as I was ending act I and brought over a big burlap bag of oysters. SO tonite we had grilled oysters, grilled steak and grilled Zucchini right from the garden. YUMMY. Slice them length wise, rub them with olive oil and sprinkle kosher salt on them a little basil and some garlic powder then throw them on the shelf in the grill until tender. Really good. The oysters were not the best. He got them on sale at the Commissary on base, and they were not fresh, and when the shells popped open, they were really rubbery and small. what a disappointment. If you put them on a hot grill right out of the sea, wait until they steam a little, pm off, open the shell, dash of tobasco, and a little lemon, and OH MY!! Heaven.
Sadie had her first piece of raw cow tonite. I would not let her have it entirely but I let her chew on it. Oh she loved it.
I was afraid she wouldnt chew it up enough and she would choke, so i just let her chew the flavor out. She still does not have all of her little teeth although the ones she does have are really sharp! My toes are full of holes.
HAve any of you ever tried Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap? seriously this is great stuff. Chemystery gets it at a health food store. He makes several kind, Lemon, Peppermint, Eucalyptus, lavender, and castile. in bars and liquid. Now you have to understand this guy was very ate up about religion and showed it on his label, but the product is fantastic. It actually is great fun to sit in the tub and read the back of the bottle. I just laugh, there is no part of the label that is not written on. Even on the inside of the bar label. You really need to try the liquid lavender soap. It along with Epsom salts in a really hot bath, takes all your cares away. Totally. I LOve it. If they don't have it in Canada, let me know, I'll send you some.
Do any of you have ICQ? if so let me know and maybe we can connect.
Well Sadie is now resting on my feet under the desk. THe daughter started up the vaccum cleaner, and she does not like it. she has her tail tucked between her legs and is hiding. Sadie, not Donna...
The problem with having a comment line is WHAT DO I WRITE ABOUT? WHY DO I HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT ONE SUBJECT? ok, I just will not put a title in until I have one theme to write about. SO THERE!
Sadie woke up at 530 this morning. Just barely turning daylight out. The nice thing about having a buff colored dog, is you can find her in the dark. She is wandering farther and farther away from me when she goes out. My knee is soo bad right now, that I have to brace myself on something in order to stand. I cant sit on the lawn chair, it is too short, and it hurts to get up. (Try the toilet with this :-( ) Anyway, I was in real pain, so once she did her THING, I called her over and we went inside. Well now she thinks it is time to play, "I slept, I peed, I pooped, I ate, NOW it's PLAYTIME" Nuh-uh!!! Mommie is still really tired and hurting really bad. (I don't think I took my Motrin last night) So I picked hwer up and put her in bed with me. If I make a wall out of the pillows, she will stay corraled and MIGHT go back to sleep. Not today. She did stay corraled but she kept chewing on my nose, and my ear, and pulling on my hair clip and biting my knuckles. I managed to get SOME sleep, and when I am laying on my tummy, my knee doesnt hurt. So we stayed this way for a few hours until she got really tired, and wanted to cuddle inside my nightgown. I have scratches on my neck from her trying to crawl into it. I got up and put her in her bed, and out she went. AHHHHHHHHH
The birds and the LOLAS (squirrels) have not been around much lately. I usually have plenty of finches, but not now. I hope they haven't found a better restaurant!! I hope the Owls didn't get Lola!! I have two females that have babies, At least I think they do, they have really big bare titties. I was hoping they would bring out the babies. I still have the flock of doves, but not much else. Most of the goldfinches have shed their bright yellow feathers and have headed south. THe hummingbirds are all gone now, safely back in Costa Rica, and the Black-headed Grosbeaks are gone too. I hear the Pileated woodpecker, (how can you miss that) but the Downey and the Hairy woodpeckers are no where to be found. I can only think that the bugs are really thick in the woods now, and that is where everyone has gone. I will be putting out the suet feeders and pinecones as soon as the first frost hits. If I put them out now they will melt.
I have one of those Audubon clocks that have a different bird song for every hour. (given to me for Christmas by Bob's MOM) and the Owl just hooted three times, so It must be noon or midnight. The sun is shining brightly, so I can only assume it is not midnight, which means I need to get my 'SELF' busy doing something productive. Like paint, or cleaning the house, or picking up Bandit Poop, or sitting in the sun on the deck and just think about all I have to do. Yeah, that's it!!!
Sadie woke up at 530 this morning. Just barely turning daylight out. The nice thing about having a buff colored dog, is you can find her in the dark. She is wandering farther and farther away from me when she goes out. My knee is soo bad right now, that I have to brace myself on something in order to stand. I cant sit on the lawn chair, it is too short, and it hurts to get up. (Try the toilet with this :-( ) Anyway, I was in real pain, so once she did her THING, I called her over and we went inside. Well now she thinks it is time to play, "I slept, I peed, I pooped, I ate, NOW it's PLAYTIME" Nuh-uh!!! Mommie is still really tired and hurting really bad. (I don't think I took my Motrin last night) So I picked hwer up and put her in bed with me. If I make a wall out of the pillows, she will stay corraled and MIGHT go back to sleep. Not today. She did stay corraled but she kept chewing on my nose, and my ear, and pulling on my hair clip and biting my knuckles. I managed to get SOME sleep, and when I am laying on my tummy, my knee doesnt hurt. So we stayed this way for a few hours until she got really tired, and wanted to cuddle inside my nightgown. I have scratches on my neck from her trying to crawl into it. I got up and put her in her bed, and out she went. AHHHHHHHHH
The birds and the LOLAS (squirrels) have not been around much lately. I usually have plenty of finches, but not now. I hope they haven't found a better restaurant!! I hope the Owls didn't get Lola!! I have two females that have babies, At least I think they do, they have really big bare titties. I was hoping they would bring out the babies. I still have the flock of doves, but not much else. Most of the goldfinches have shed their bright yellow feathers and have headed south. THe hummingbirds are all gone now, safely back in Costa Rica, and the Black-headed Grosbeaks are gone too. I hear the Pileated woodpecker, (how can you miss that) but the Downey and the Hairy woodpeckers are no where to be found. I can only think that the bugs are really thick in the woods now, and that is where everyone has gone. I will be putting out the suet feeders and pinecones as soon as the first frost hits. If I put them out now they will melt.
I have one of those Audubon clocks that have a different bird song for every hour. (given to me for Christmas by Bob's MOM) and the Owl just hooted three times, so It must be noon or midnight. The sun is shining brightly, so I can only assume it is not midnight, which means I need to get my 'SELF' busy doing something productive. Like paint, or cleaning the house, or picking up Bandit Poop, or sitting in the sun on the deck and just think about all I have to do. Yeah, that's it!!!
whoo-hoo!!!! Comments
OK Wanda, I'm gonna try this now....You are soooo good, and Brenda, Thanks to you too. I LOVE having new friends!!!! It's like going to a new school in the 2nd grade and actually having FRIENDS.
Friday, September 26, 2003
ANY BODY WANT A PUPPY?
She is getting really sassy!!! Wants to play instead of poop, then when I bring her in...yep. right on the floor. Back out, and pees, then gets praised and back in. She loves to find socks, and shoes, and kleenex, oh! and empty diet pepsi cans!!! if she bats it up against the wall it makes a really cool clank. She picks it up with her teeth on the tab. It is almost as big as she is, but she loves it. SHe is sleeping almost through the night now though. Wakes up just as it is getting light, and then she wants to play outside. SHe has discovered dandelion fluffs. FUNNY!! and Baby Rabbits are really fun to chase. I have an antique mirror from a dining room side board stuck under my bed. I am waiting to have time to refinish it. Well sadie found the bedroom and plays under the bed, except that the first time or two she did it, she was really acting funny. Whimpering and whineing and acting all scared. for two days we wondered what the problem was. She saw the other puppy in the mirror, and it was barking at her. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I got the program finished this morning and ran it into the playhouse and copied it off then spent the afternoon folding and collating 125 programs. Turned out really good too. Sure hope the show went over as well. This truely was the show from hell though. No more fundraisers for me! Now on to GODSPELL!!
Wandalicious has kindly offered to add comments to my blog, so we will see what she comes up with. I really appreciate the help.
This weekend is supposed to break records for heat. UGH. I am planning on a family paint-Mary Lou's-house-trim-and-Deck party. Want the sunshine but not the heat. It is really chilly in the mornings, and I saw my breath yesterday. I cant wait for winter. It isnt sposed to be hot this time of year. It's FALL ! well I am really tired. So I will grab a glass of milk, take my insulin shot, and hit the bed and read. Tomorrow or Sunday i may be back to my normal self.
OOOHHHH My baby daughter has her first stitches!! DOnna went to the dermatologist yesterday, and the DR took off 3 moles that did not look good. She is 36 years old and now she has dimples on her butt!!!!
I got the program finished this morning and ran it into the playhouse and copied it off then spent the afternoon folding and collating 125 programs. Turned out really good too. Sure hope the show went over as well. This truely was the show from hell though. No more fundraisers for me! Now on to GODSPELL!!
Wandalicious has kindly offered to add comments to my blog, so we will see what she comes up with. I really appreciate the help.
This weekend is supposed to break records for heat. UGH. I am planning on a family paint-Mary Lou's-house-trim-and-Deck party. Want the sunshine but not the heat. It is really chilly in the mornings, and I saw my breath yesterday. I cant wait for winter. It isnt sposed to be hot this time of year. It's FALL ! well I am really tired. So I will grab a glass of milk, take my insulin shot, and hit the bed and read. Tomorrow or Sunday i may be back to my normal self.
OOOHHHH My baby daughter has her first stitches!! DOnna went to the dermatologist yesterday, and the DR took off 3 moles that did not look good. She is 36 years old and now she has dimples on her butt!!!!
I have been stressing out over this Fundraiser for The Whidbey Playhouse. I am the Executive Producer, and there are fifty people running in 60 directions. Well I finally have all of the information to finalize publishing the program. I have worked on it for a week, and I have 8 really nice pages. All in my home computer, and the size is 8.8 mb and I can't get it sent to the Playhouse cause it's too big. Ok lets write it to a cd. Nope cant do that either. For some reason it wont let me write to the F drive. It says "You do not have permission to write to the F drive" SCREW THAT it's MY computer what the hell do you mean I DONT HAVE PERMISSION? So now I think, OK I'll just print it and run it down to Office Max and have it run off there. GUESS WHO IS OUT OF INK? at midnight. the night before the Fundraiser. AAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!
I have no idea how I am going to get it out of here and over to there. Sometimes I hate Electronics. I get so frustrated because I am not a dumb person, and If I cant figure something out it PISSES ME OFF!
I am too tired to dink with it anymore. I think it is because of the graphics I embedded, but I'm not sure. I will try again tomorrow, when If I scream, it wont wake up anyone. Neighbors get really cranky at 130AM
I have no idea how I am going to get it out of here and over to there. Sometimes I hate Electronics. I get so frustrated because I am not a dumb person, and If I cant figure something out it PISSES ME OFF!
I am too tired to dink with it anymore. I think it is because of the graphics I embedded, but I'm not sure. I will try again tomorrow, when If I scream, it wont wake up anyone. Neighbors get really cranky at 130AM
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
mornings are hell...
Do you know that feeling when you are asleep, but are aware that there is something going on around you? This morning I was sleeping, but something told me to open my eyes. I did and hovering over me was my daughter. I saw her, but it didn't quite register...so I yelled OH GOD!! and sat straight up. SHe is now in hysterics, holding a fresh smoothie out for me. "Here Mom, Here is your breakfast." "I can't eat it Donna, I just died!!" She is laughing all the way back into the kitchen. The heart is thumping really fast, and I cant catch my breath and she is laughing. no respect.
Ok I am sitting here in the coleman camp chair that looks like a directors chair, with my nitegown clad ass hanging over the back end. I am all alone and today very gassy...so I let one rip...Sadie is right behind me, and this has to be the first loud fart she has heard in her little life. So she jumps and bites at my Butt, barking and jumping and biting..."gotta kill it, it has MOMMIE" I have got to start being aware of my surroundings.
Sadie managed to crawl over the board keeping her penned in, yesterday. So now she is behind a kiddie gate. OH she Hates it!!! HHHOOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLLLLL WWWHHHHHIIIINNNNEEEEEE MOMMIE!!!!! Hey kiddo, It didn't work with my children, it won't work with you either, now shut up and go back to sleep. She did.
I am going to have to leave her for a good 6 hours today. I have to work, so we will see how she fares. I almost have the deck penned in, so in the future she can be put out there, once I get the dog house refurbished. painted, new name, etc. I left her for 4 hours the other day and when I came home she was ready to go out, but had not pottied in her pen!! YAY!!
must go get ready for work...ugh...yawn....
Ok I am sitting here in the coleman camp chair that looks like a directors chair, with my nitegown clad ass hanging over the back end. I am all alone and today very gassy...so I let one rip...Sadie is right behind me, and this has to be the first loud fart she has heard in her little life. So she jumps and bites at my Butt, barking and jumping and biting..."gotta kill it, it has MOMMIE" I have got to start being aware of my surroundings.
Sadie managed to crawl over the board keeping her penned in, yesterday. So now she is behind a kiddie gate. OH she Hates it!!! HHHOOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLLLLL WWWHHHHHIIIINNNNEEEEEE MOMMIE!!!!! Hey kiddo, It didn't work with my children, it won't work with you either, now shut up and go back to sleep. She did.
I am going to have to leave her for a good 6 hours today. I have to work, so we will see how she fares. I almost have the deck penned in, so in the future she can be put out there, once I get the dog house refurbished. painted, new name, etc. I left her for 4 hours the other day and when I came home she was ready to go out, but had not pottied in her pen!! YAY!!
must go get ready for work...ugh...yawn....
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
OK I'm back...
Lots of places to visit today. I went from Washington, to Calgary, to Arkansas, to Texas, to Scotland, Japan, Vancouver Island, New York and back to washington. Whew!! busy day. Twenty years ago, who would've thought that I could visit people all over the world, at my leisure, in my nightgown, with my hair looking like shit? AMAZING.
I was not ready to get up this morning. I was afraid of this. I retired just as the days were growing longer and longer, and I was waking up earlier and earlier and enjoying it more and more. Alas, the days are growing shorter and shorter, and I am sleeping later and later and enjoying it more and more. I should maybe just go with the flow and not worry about it? Why do I feel guilty if I sleep until 730? I have only missed part of TODAY show, and I am sure Katy, Matt, Al and Ann wouldn't miss me that much. It isn't like I have to punch a time clock anymore. I get up with Sadie, put her back in her pen to eat, and go back to sleep.
This morning at 600 Sadie was ready to go out. SO out we went, Owls hooting really close. SO I put her on the grass, and stayed right beside her as she ran all over the yard. She heard the owls and cocked her little head and took off running right towards the woods. 6' fence between her and woods, but the owls were in the alders and sounded really hungry, and they could fly over the fence. I figured if I stayed within an arms reach she would be safe. The closer I got to the trees the less the owls hooted. Soon she will be too big to be carried off for owl-breakfast, and I can just shove her outside and let her go.
All of the socks that I couldn't find are now laying on the floor in the office behind me. (behind me in the office?) Along with the kleenex from the trash bag. THese have all been neatly shredded into 1000 pieces, and scattered helter skelter all over the rug. Where the socks have been hiding, I am not sure. Nice to have them back though. Yesterday, as I was getting dressed, my bra dropped to the floor. I was putting on my panties and balancing on my one good leg, so I did not immediately pick it up. Once I was ready for it, I reached down and it was GONE!!! So through the house I hobble, Boobs bare and hanging, looking for the bra. In the office was Sadie, with 4 odd socks, and my well worn playtex 18 hour bra, chewing away on the elastic back. Now mind you there is not much left of the elastic as it is so old and comfy and can be fastened easily, and now there is even less of it.
The bag of C&W frozen corn is now sliding down my leg, and no longer frozen. ( I will leave this visual to your own imaginations) Thank you Leslie, I feel soooo much better.
It is a really gray morning. I knew it would be, as yesterday was soooo nice. As I came home the sun was setting and there was a huge thick fog bank forming off the west side of the island. It rolled in after dark, and really hasn't woke up enough to burn off yet. I cant paint the deck until it is over 60 degrees, which may be June 2004. All is not lost though, as I have a ton of work to do on the 'puter today. I have to get the program written for the DOCK BRIEF, and get ready for rehearsal tonight for OER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS. If you get a chance to go see this play, it is a keeper.
I now need to go get busy doing creative things, so must run....carefully, as there might be puppy land mines around, and feeling it squish between bare toes is not a good thing. trust me...
I was not ready to get up this morning. I was afraid of this. I retired just as the days were growing longer and longer, and I was waking up earlier and earlier and enjoying it more and more. Alas, the days are growing shorter and shorter, and I am sleeping later and later and enjoying it more and more. I should maybe just go with the flow and not worry about it? Why do I feel guilty if I sleep until 730? I have only missed part of TODAY show, and I am sure Katy, Matt, Al and Ann wouldn't miss me that much. It isn't like I have to punch a time clock anymore. I get up with Sadie, put her back in her pen to eat, and go back to sleep.
This morning at 600 Sadie was ready to go out. SO out we went, Owls hooting really close. SO I put her on the grass, and stayed right beside her as she ran all over the yard. She heard the owls and cocked her little head and took off running right towards the woods. 6' fence between her and woods, but the owls were in the alders and sounded really hungry, and they could fly over the fence. I figured if I stayed within an arms reach she would be safe. The closer I got to the trees the less the owls hooted. Soon she will be too big to be carried off for owl-breakfast, and I can just shove her outside and let her go.
All of the socks that I couldn't find are now laying on the floor in the office behind me. (behind me in the office?) Along with the kleenex from the trash bag. THese have all been neatly shredded into 1000 pieces, and scattered helter skelter all over the rug. Where the socks have been hiding, I am not sure. Nice to have them back though. Yesterday, as I was getting dressed, my bra dropped to the floor. I was putting on my panties and balancing on my one good leg, so I did not immediately pick it up. Once I was ready for it, I reached down and it was GONE!!! So through the house I hobble, Boobs bare and hanging, looking for the bra. In the office was Sadie, with 4 odd socks, and my well worn playtex 18 hour bra, chewing away on the elastic back. Now mind you there is not much left of the elastic as it is so old and comfy and can be fastened easily, and now there is even less of it.
The bag of C&W frozen corn is now sliding down my leg, and no longer frozen. ( I will leave this visual to your own imaginations) Thank you Leslie, I feel soooo much better.
It is a really gray morning. I knew it would be, as yesterday was soooo nice. As I came home the sun was setting and there was a huge thick fog bank forming off the west side of the island. It rolled in after dark, and really hasn't woke up enough to burn off yet. I cant paint the deck until it is over 60 degrees, which may be June 2004. All is not lost though, as I have a ton of work to do on the 'puter today. I have to get the program written for the DOCK BRIEF, and get ready for rehearsal tonight for OER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS. If you get a chance to go see this play, it is a keeper.
I now need to go get busy doing creative things, so must run....carefully, as there might be puppy land mines around, and feeling it squish between bare toes is not a good thing. trust me...
Another place I go is to TexasWhich also linked today to NORTHCOASTCAFE I bookmarked it also, looks really interesting.
Where do I start?
OH MY!!!! Just where do I start today? I am sitting here reading blogs, and several of them are referring to other lilnks, and they are all good. I go to Japan everyday and read PURELAND MOUNTAIN and today he has a link to Landover Baptist Church. Which I think is a joke, but may not be. Hard to say. and in that link there is this. BWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH ROFLMAO!!!!! Puts a whole new meaning on putting on new underwear for Sunday School.
Well POOP!! the link titles THIS doesnt work from my blog, but if you go to PURELAND's link and then to THIS it should work. It is Funny!! I'll be back, still reading.....
Well POOP!! the link titles THIS doesnt work from my blog, but if you go to PURELAND's link and then to THIS it should work. It is Funny!! I'll be back, still reading.....
Monday, September 22, 2003
ACK!!!!!!
So here I sit watching Martha, having survived this weekend. After yesterdays entry, the whole day just went to SHIT! I got a call from the Southend of the island, The Playhouse down there wanted to know where the truck was I was suposed to have there at 3:00. THe Set for Dock Brief was there and needed to be brought up to our playhouse. Well HELL, no one told ME that. So after getting yelled at by the prima donna of a set designer, I go into OUR playhouse and find that the truck is in use by the show Arsenic and Old Lace, as they were striking OUR set . (someone goofed, and forgot about scheduling around the show on board.) Ya know, this is all volunteer work, and I do it because it is supposed to be FUN!
I was sooo stressed out yesterday, trying to get everything done with this stupid knee. Kneedless (LOLOL) to say the joint in question is very very swollen today. I can put it straight out, and I can put weight on it to walk, but I cant bend it to sit. I can't remember is it put ICE on it? or put HEAT on it. So I don't do anything. I should go to the Doctor I guess, but I just hate to spend the damn money now. It just gripes my Butt that for so many years I only had to pay a co-pay, now I have to pay a percent of the charge. Howcome When my paycheck goes down 1/2, the expense for insurance goes UP 1/3? doesn't seem fair.
Sadie is going through the TERRIBLE TWO's I think. She understands NO, and is very sassy about it. She will growl and nip, and jump at you when you try to discipline her. (in a cute puppy way) And is tormenting her Uncle Bandit ti death. He lays there and growls a deep rumbling "Get away from me you BRAT" growl, and she just ignores him and keeps on tormenting . She can go down the stairs all by herself now, and when we go out for our two AM pee-poop, she is running all over the yard chasing ghosts. I just stand there and wait for her to find a spot and get it out. She has discovered that the cats get really smelly food, and it tastes really good. SHe has discovered that if you start chewing on Donnas' 125.00 Clark shoes, she gets picked up right away. She has discovered that if you bite at a cats tail, it will swish back and forth and she can chase that until the cat gets tired of it. She has not however discovered what cats claws are for. I am so sure she will as soon as they realize she is not a tiny baby anymore. She has discovered slugs. ANd the fact that they are really chewy...GAK, and she has learned how to back scratch her feet when she is through pooping.
Wow Fall has definately FELL. THe trees are turning yellow really fast, and the night air is cold. It got down to 40 degrees last night. Won't be long before frost is on the punkin. I LOVE COld clear days and nights. We are planning on going over the "Hills" next weekend. THe apples are almost ready, and I need to get Pears to can. We will head over Washington and Rainy Pass on Hiway 20, then on through Winthrop and down to Pateros and then on to Leavenworth and Back over Stevens Pass and the ferry home. THe whole drive takes about 12 hours, that accounts for lunch and dinner and the ferry ride. It is so pretty then. Eastern Washington is so dry and colorful. I would love to move over there. I had talked about going over and buying a place close to the Idaho border, where it would be cold in the winter and Warm in the summer. However, I doubt if I will do that. Too many roots here now.
I have a deck to finish enclosing, and then paint, Trim to paint on the house, a Garden to get ready for winter, and a Set to move this afternoon, SO I had better get up and get going.
See ya later...
I was sooo stressed out yesterday, trying to get everything done with this stupid knee. Kneedless (LOLOL) to say the joint in question is very very swollen today. I can put it straight out, and I can put weight on it to walk, but I cant bend it to sit. I can't remember is it put ICE on it? or put HEAT on it. So I don't do anything. I should go to the Doctor I guess, but I just hate to spend the damn money now. It just gripes my Butt that for so many years I only had to pay a co-pay, now I have to pay a percent of the charge. Howcome When my paycheck goes down 1/2, the expense for insurance goes UP 1/3? doesn't seem fair.
Sadie is going through the TERRIBLE TWO's I think. She understands NO, and is very sassy about it. She will growl and nip, and jump at you when you try to discipline her. (in a cute puppy way) And is tormenting her Uncle Bandit ti death. He lays there and growls a deep rumbling "Get away from me you BRAT" growl, and she just ignores him and keeps on tormenting . She can go down the stairs all by herself now, and when we go out for our two AM pee-poop, she is running all over the yard chasing ghosts. I just stand there and wait for her to find a spot and get it out. She has discovered that the cats get really smelly food, and it tastes really good. SHe has discovered that if you start chewing on Donnas' 125.00 Clark shoes, she gets picked up right away. She has discovered that if you bite at a cats tail, it will swish back and forth and she can chase that until the cat gets tired of it. She has not however discovered what cats claws are for. I am so sure she will as soon as they realize she is not a tiny baby anymore. She has discovered slugs. ANd the fact that they are really chewy...GAK, and she has learned how to back scratch her feet when she is through pooping.
Wow Fall has definately FELL. THe trees are turning yellow really fast, and the night air is cold. It got down to 40 degrees last night. Won't be long before frost is on the punkin. I LOVE COld clear days and nights. We are planning on going over the "Hills" next weekend. THe apples are almost ready, and I need to get Pears to can. We will head over Washington and Rainy Pass on Hiway 20, then on through Winthrop and down to Pateros and then on to Leavenworth and Back over Stevens Pass and the ferry home. THe whole drive takes about 12 hours, that accounts for lunch and dinner and the ferry ride. It is so pretty then. Eastern Washington is so dry and colorful. I would love to move over there. I had talked about going over and buying a place close to the Idaho border, where it would be cold in the winter and Warm in the summer. However, I doubt if I will do that. Too many roots here now.
I have a deck to finish enclosing, and then paint, Trim to paint on the house, a Garden to get ready for winter, and a Set to move this afternoon, SO I had better get up and get going.
See ya later...
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Busy...
Ok Ok, I know I haven't blogged in awhile, I have so much going on right now with three shows in production at the same time. A new puppy that keeps me up at odd hours, and a bum knee. I will try to be better about this soon. I have a lot to write about, but sometimes the brain cells just fart, and nothing comes out . (some visual huh?) I get up get in here and start to write and PHHHHHHHHHFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!! nada. very frustrating. I could bore you all with puppy stories, and I just may. I could get real depressing, but I don't wanna, I could get very philosophical, NAH, NOT ME. Or I could just sign off, and come back when I feel the creative juices flowing again...yep...good idea...bye.
Friday, September 19, 2003
HTML...DREAMWEAVER..FREEHAND...etc
OK, so I lost everything I had done. Totally lost. Gone. Not in Word, Not in Publisher, not on the c drive, nowhere. Ok I know I have to start over. Chemystery tells me that I have to start over, so I should do it the RIGHT way. so Out to the car she goes and comes back in with a stack of books 4 inches high and says. "here ya go. There is everything you ever wanted to know about HTML and making web pages."
According to her she had installed all of this on my 'puter last year. So last night while I was up with Sadie, at 300-530 I sat here and tried to make sense of all of this. I picked up the book called DREAMWEAVER and opened it. I am 57 years old, and I have bad eyesight. I can see the computer just fine, I can not see up close, nor can I read without my glasses. I looked at the book, and all I see is a blur. UM! small print, no pictures. Gotta go get my readers. I get up walk into the bedroom with Sadie chewing on my ankle the whole way up and back, and sit down. Yep now I can read the words written there. MAke absolutely no sense to me, but I can read them. So I look at the 'puter screen, nothing but a blur...can't see it with the readers on. So I take the glasses off, and can see the screen just fine. Now I have to put the glasses on, read the book, take the glasses off, see the screen, put the glasses back on to re-read what you thought you read the first time, take the glasses back off to see the screen again. FUCK THIS!!!!
It really sucks when you realize that your body is 57 but you think you are only 25. Now I need to save money to get a lasix thingy done to my eyes. ( and liposuction for the tummy, and a personal trainer, and a personal chef, and a knee job, and a facelift, and a new back, and....PHFFFTTTT)
So here I sit, trying again to read the books and digest what they are all saying, and thinking that maybe I should go back to the Web page wizard on Publisher and try that again. I WILL get there one way or another.
According to her she had installed all of this on my 'puter last year. So last night while I was up with Sadie, at 300-530 I sat here and tried to make sense of all of this. I picked up the book called DREAMWEAVER and opened it. I am 57 years old, and I have bad eyesight. I can see the computer just fine, I can not see up close, nor can I read without my glasses. I looked at the book, and all I see is a blur. UM! small print, no pictures. Gotta go get my readers. I get up walk into the bedroom with Sadie chewing on my ankle the whole way up and back, and sit down. Yep now I can read the words written there. MAke absolutely no sense to me, but I can read them. So I look at the 'puter screen, nothing but a blur...can't see it with the readers on. So I take the glasses off, and can see the screen just fine. Now I have to put the glasses on, read the book, take the glasses off, see the screen, put the glasses back on to re-read what you thought you read the first time, take the glasses back off to see the screen again. FUCK THIS!!!!
It really sucks when you realize that your body is 57 but you think you are only 25. Now I need to save money to get a lasix thingy done to my eyes. ( and liposuction for the tummy, and a personal trainer, and a personal chef, and a knee job, and a facelift, and a new back, and....PHFFFTTTT)
So here I sit, trying again to read the books and digest what they are all saying, and thinking that maybe I should go back to the Web page wizard on Publisher and try that again. I WILL get there one way or another.
Thursday, September 18, 2003
blogging
I have spent quite a bit of time formulating my web page, really cool, and We posted it to the web on Monday, only to have it show up all written in ASCII code. So when we went back in to fix it, it got deleted, and deleted off of everything. So I have to start all over again. AAARRRGGGHHHH Al I wanted was to be able to post pictures, refer blogs, have a guest map, coments, etc. I am still trying. For those of you that want to contact me about things, try my email
dreamer@galaxynet.com On one of my favorite places to go everyday, we were talking about Farts and how really truly funny they were. Well my sister sent me this and it just goes to set the tone of my family. We give fart books for Christmas, fart pillows, etc. We are so irreverent. LOLOLOLOLOL
Bob came over today and put the skirting around the deck. Now tomorrow, we put up the header rails, and all I will have to do is paint, and it will be done. HArd to beleive we actually will finish a project!! The floor was put in 18 months ago, but still does not have the transitions strips and the base boards. THe Garden was started and not planted completely, The house was painted last summer !3 months ago, and the trim is still not done. He started his house over 15 years ago, and it STILL is not done. I have plans to finish all of my projects by Christmas. Oh yeah and the office is still only half painted!!! If only I could post pictures, you would really die laughing... I guess when you are retired you just know you have the rest of your life to finish something, why rush?
dreamer@galaxynet.com On one of my favorite places to go everyday, we were talking about Farts and how really truly funny they were. Well my sister sent me this and it just goes to set the tone of my family. We give fart books for Christmas, fart pillows, etc. We are so irreverent. LOLOLOLOLOL
Bob came over today and put the skirting around the deck. Now tomorrow, we put up the header rails, and all I will have to do is paint, and it will be done. HArd to beleive we actually will finish a project!! The floor was put in 18 months ago, but still does not have the transitions strips and the base boards. THe Garden was started and not planted completely, The house was painted last summer !3 months ago, and the trim is still not done. He started his house over 15 years ago, and it STILL is not done. I have plans to finish all of my projects by Christmas. Oh yeah and the office is still only half painted!!! If only I could post pictures, you would really die laughing... I guess when you are retired you just know you have the rest of your life to finish something, why rush?
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