Another Year Passes

"His absence is like the sky, spread over everything". ....C.S. Lewis

New Year's Eve is hub's birthday (was?).  I don't know.  I'm feeling kinda screwed up now.  In spite of the fact that I put a good face on to the public, the holidays have me having little mini breakdowns every night.  I cry.  I miss him.  I laugh at all our good memories and know I'm not going crazy. I'm just walking down the path of mourning and grief.  One never knows when it's going to hit.  It's all ok though.  

I wish you all a good year ahead.  Keep smiling.  And know that no matter what happens in your life, you can get through it.

Peace

Have a Merry!

Weeweechu

It's a romantic full moon, when Pedro said, "Hey, mamacita, let's do Weeweechu."

Oh no, not now, let's look at the moon!" said Rosita.

Oh, c'mon baby, let's you and I do Weeweechu. I love you and it's the perfect time," Pedro begged.

"But I wanna just hold your hand and watch the moon." replied Rosita.

Please, corazoncito, just once, do Weeweechu with me."

Rosita looked at Pedro and said, "OK, one time, we'll do Weeweechu."

Pedro grabbed his guitar and they both sang.....

"Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year."

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Peace

My Friends, Thank you...

In spite of the fact that I've made great stride over the past few months of getting from Point A to Point B,  it will still be sad to pass the holidays without him.  I've learned a lot about myself too...I am not a wallower....wallowers get stuck in the mud......My lil dancing feet won't allow me to stay there nor do I think hub would want me there.  So it is with his blessing and loving memories that I vow to smile from my heart and pass the holidays with loving and supportive friends who've been my rocks over the past year, including all my bloggies!  I thank them and you for that. Little do you and they know how much it meant to me.

This song is dedicated to you and them :-)

Peace

A Shortie

Thought to Ponder . . .

The storm has passed.

I've learned a little more about peace. 

It was inside all the time. 

Peace

Finally Got Cable!!!

Like Awesome, Dude......

Keyboard for Blondes

Echomouse, my bloggie friend up north a ways, had this on her site today and I just had to share this with you.......I just may get it, and I'm not blonde, but sometimes I have trouble making those lil smiley faces and stuff...... and this makes it so much easier!!! Hehe.

(Click on the pic to see the keys.)

Peace

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here's wishing y'all a Happy Turkey Day! Be well.....

NOT AGAIN!!!!

Remember I posted about my sprained ankle a few times within the last two years or so?  I fell down and went boom..bout three or four times...cause I'm such a klutz......(i don't drink, so that's not it).    Anyhoo.....last Friday the contractor finished installing a side door on my house and called me out to look at it.  I have a little side stoop with three steps going off to the right.   I stepped outside and squeezed around him to view the door and next thing I know i'm tilting over, head first down the steps!  Yeah yeah....funny huh?   (actually it was, now that I think about it).   If he just hadn't cut up the cardboard box and placed it at the bottom of the stairway, my head would have been cracked open, I'm sure of it......but the cardboard cushioned the fall and there I was, lying upside down on the steps!   I did a number on my ankle (again).....damn.....and my head hurt a lil...but it seems to be ok now....unless of course I don't know it's not ok and this all sounds like gibberish and i really think i'm typing a post....Am I? ??

Peace

Happy Monkey Monday!

Hey....Happy Monkey Monday......(I just felt like saying that, since I haven't in such a long time).

Peace

A Quickie

Snotdog and I are alive and well and have been renovating the house.It's been keeping me real busy..... but I'm taking a break from it until after the holidays. I'm happy with the way it's turning out! In the meantime.......

AMAZINGLY YET SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

1. IF YOU'RE CHOKING ON AN ICE CUBE, SIMPLY POUR A CUP OF BOILING WATER
DOWN YOUR THROAT. PRESTO! THE BLOCKAGE WILL INSTANTLY REMOVE ITSELF.

2. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE
ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.

3. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT - USE
THE SINK.

4. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS ~ SIMPLY CUT YOURSELF AND BLEED FOR
A FEW MINUTES, THUS REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON YOUR VEINS. REMEMBER TO USE
A TIMER.

5. A MOUSE TRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU FROM
ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

6. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN YOU'LL
BE AFRAID TO COUGH.

7. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE - WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN'T
MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE THE
DUCT TAPE.

8. REMEMBER - EVERYONE SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO KNOW THEM.

9. IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

DAILY THOUGHT: SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR
ANYTHING, BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE
STAIRS.

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Peace

Life

I thought this was great!

Written by Regina Brett of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH : To celebrate growing older, she wrote the 45 lessons life taught her. It is the most-requested column she's ever written. Her odometer rolled over to 70 in August, so here goes:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to 'others.' You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood, but the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take "no" for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative of dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Peace

Pumpkin Play

This is a result of four adults'  attempts to create pumpkin center pieces for a benefit dinner.

So, what'd ya think?

Peace

Boo

Hello......

I'm moving ahead.   I've missed you.   I've got a lot done since I last saw you.   Still, there's so much more to do.  Life goes on.   I wanted it to stop and wait for me, but noooo, it didn't.  I'm playing catch up, but at my own pace.  It keeps me sane.  Yes I'm not going crazy!   I have all the time in the world, yet I only have this moment.   So I wanted to stop in and say hello and thanks for all your thoughtful comments over the weeks since I've been gone.  Maybe I'll see you soon.

Peace

Later

I've made a decision to stop blogging for now. It's been a great ride. I've made some great friends and enjoyed it now for the past three years. I'll be back to visit all of you and comment when I can. You can email me if you'd like. I'll be sure to get back to you.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Peace

Ruby Tuesday

The Teach sponsors Ruby Tuesday.  If you want to participate just post a picture(it has to be one of your own) that has red in it.

I saw this car in the lot of the bank I went to the other day and wish I had my regular camera with me.  I shot this with my phone camera.  I was waiting to speak to the owner to see what kind of car this was or even what year.  I just thought it was so cool.  The owner didn't appear and I couldn't wait, so I just took the shot.    Happy Ruby Tuesday!!!!

Peace

P.S.

Check this out at  On A Limb with Claudia » This blender will kill someone.

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Backkkkkkkkkkkk.

Actually I didn't go fishing.......but I did go.   Not to Tahiti :-( .  Just to the shore.  Hung out near the ocean and the sand with my umbrella and baseball cap in tow.   I love being around water.  I also love swimming in the ocean.  I've done that all my life.   But this week the undertow was so rough, I wouldn't even venture in.   Five people in the area drowned last weekend because of it.  I just took my lil beach chair to the edge of the water and let the water wash up on my feet.  Read my book, took deep breaths, all is well with world.  Almost.   I got body slammed onto the sand! Not once, twice!  I was just sitting there minding my own business positioning my beach chair in the sand with my butt...ya know wiggling down and anchoring it.....when I leaned back and the chair went too....with me in it!!!  Bam.  I've fallen and I can't get up!  Everyone I was with thought this was pretty amusing and they were laughing so hard no one came to give me a hand........was pretty funny.  I felt like an ass but hey, I'm happy to provide the entertainment.  Fast forward to after lunch.  We went and got a bar pie......came back and I sat down in the my chair and proceeded to put the umbrella back up. Lo and behold, a wind comes out of nowhere, swoops the umbrella and spins me around and plop, there I go again, over in my chair.......One of my friends yelled to her daughter to get the video going..........OMG if they ever got that on film I would have won America's Funniest Video!

Well, it looks like I've got a lot of catching up to do.  I see some memes to be done and awards to be posted and passed on........Hope your weekend is going great!

Peace

SEE YA SOON

Sunday Smile

Stunning Senior Moment

A self-important college freshman attending a recent football game took it
upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was
impossible for the older generation to understand his generation.

'You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one', the
student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear. 'The young
people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man
walking on the moon. Our space probes have visited Mars. We have nuclear
energy, ships and electric and hydrogen cars, cell phones , computers with
light-speed processing.. .and more.'

After a brief silence, the senior citizen responded as follows:

'You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young....... .so
we invented them. Now, you arrogant little shit, what are you doing for the
next generation?'

The applause was amazing..... ..

Peace

Happy Dance Friday.

Happy Dance Friday!!!
(this is dedicated to that thar crazy man in Podunk! Hehe).

Peace

Cockles and mussels, alive alive o.........(dead, really)

Photo from S.I. Advance

This is the reason I didn't go walking (or anything else) on the beach yesterday.   Tens of thousands of mussels washed up on the beach over the weekend.  They say it stunk...I didn't get too near there so I don't know how bad it was.  But they were baking right there on the beach in 90 degree weather without the aid of a cook or slow boiling pots so I'm sure the smell was ripe!  Not only were there mussels, but there were flies and gnats and mosquitos (oh my), as a result.

The news claims it was a result  of hot weather and undercurrents (from Hurricane Bertha)

:; 

Happy Dance Wednesday!!!!!!!

It's that time again....when the heat gets me...I start halluciating.....:-) and imagining things....
hehe.

Peace

Ruby Tuesday

Happy Ruby Tuesday 

(sponsered by The Teach)

It's so hot I'm on fire!

Peace

Happy Monkey Monday!

Happy Monkey Monday!

Do you notice what's missing?   No doodle today. Does that make you happy?  Well, I'll get to doing more in case you miss em.  Hehe.

I spent most of the weekend in my friend's pool.   Was oppressively hot here, as I'm sure it has been everywhere.  The great part of this ...is........I don't have to get dressed for work and trudge into the city and sweat myself to death during the commute!  :-) 

I haven't been reading many blogs of late so I apologize if I haven't been to see you lately.  I'm just not on the computer much as of late.  But I'll be visiting soon.   So in the meantime, I wish you cool breezes, A/C and laughter!

Nude Runner

A woman was having a daytime affair while her husband was at work. One
rainy day she was in bed with her boyfriend when, to her horror, she heard her
husband's car pull into the driveway.
"Oh my God - Hurry! Grab your clothes and jump out the window. My
husband's home early!"
"I can't jump out the window. It's raining out there!"
"If my husband catches us in here, he'll kill us both!" she replied.
He's got a hot temper and a gun, so the rain is the least of your
problems!"
So the boyfriend scoots out of bed, grabs his clothes and jumps out the
window!
As he ran down the street in the pouring rain, he quickly discovered he
had
run right into the middle of the town's annual marathon, so he started
running along beside the others, about 300 of them.
Being naked, with his clothes tucked under his arm, he tried to blend in
as
best he could. After a little while a small group of runners who had been
watching him with some curiosity, jogged closer.

"Do you always run in the nude?" one asked.
"Oh yes!" he replied, gasping in air. "It feels so wonderfully free!"

Another runner moved a long side. "Do you always run carrying your clothes
with you under your arm?"
Oh, yes" our friend answered breathlessly. "That way I can get dressed right
at the end of the run and get in my car to go home!

Then a third runner cast his eyes a little lower and asked, "Do you always
wear a condom when you run?"

"Nope........just when it's raining."

Peace

Sunday Doodle: Body

This is the last doodle for Themed Doodle Week: Body. But don't be surprised if you see more doodles here in the future!!!

Scroll down for Saturday's Pet Doodle (I put it up a little late).

Peace

My Doodled Pet

Doodle Pet

Peace

No Doodle Day

I don't have my doodle ready today.  I'll have to draw it and post it at a later date....I know, I know you were all looking forward to my work of art...and I'm sorry to disappoint you...ahahahaha.

Oh just so you know, the path of grief does not get better as time goes on....it's different, but not better....I've learned that I'm still walking in the wilderness.....I don't know when I'll come out into the sunlight again.....but I do see glimpses of light......I've joined a Bereavement Support Group...and it's the best thing I've done so far.  I'm really working on myself but I do have my mini breakdowns still...I just never know when they'll hit.  I miss him terribly.   

One thing I haven't lost tho, is my sense of humor.....he would want it that way.  

I'm off to a pool party/bbq today.   It's going to be super hot.   So I'll probably stay in the pool all day.  Here's a test to keep you busy:

You Are Best Described By... The Scream By Edvard Munch What Famous Work of Art Are You?

Happy Dance Friday/Evil Doodle

This is my new favorite song...Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield.....enjoy.

Here's my Friday Doodle: Theme: 'EVIL' !!!!

Doodle #4 Vacation

Doodle #4 Vacation

Here's me at the beach with my yellow polka-dot bikini screaming for help!!! Jaws!!!!!

Only three more days left in Doodle Week...aren't ya glad? I'm not! I think I'll continue...hehe.

Peace

Garden Doodle

If it's Wednesday, it must be "Garden Doodle" Day:

I'm really getting to like this.....:-)

Peace

Happy Ruby Tuesday/Doodle Day 2 Outer Space

Doodle #2 Outer Space.....Looks real, right? ahahahahaha

Sponsored by The Teach

My lil FAO Shwarz teddy bear that I purchased the same day I saw Mr. Evil Clown with the Red Shoes....(check out last Tuesday's post).

I bought the hat box (or is it shoe box?) because it had a red shoe on it. I have thing for red shoes.

Peace

Happy Monkey Doodle Bug Monday!

Happy Monkey Monday! (and that's a banana in his hand, by the way.)

In keeping with the theme of the day Claire and Laura had chosen "DOODLE BUG"......
so here's my very first doodle!!!! Mr. One Eyed, Two Horned, Psychedelic Doodle Man.

Go have a look and participate!!! Just click on the picture below and have fun! Peace

Stuff

I'm going to try my hand at Doodling next week....why not try it...click on the link and find out what it's all about!

So to keep you all busy in the meantime....find out who/what/why about yourself and take the tests!!!

You Are Disco Dancing

You are very energetic and lively. You could dance all night. Fun loving and social, you like dancing best when everyone in the room is dancing. You love to dance to anything, and it's hard to stop once you start. You love dancing in a crowd. And no matter how big the crowd, all eyes are usually on you.

What Dance Are You?

(I really dance like Elaine in Seinfeld, if any of you have ever seen that epidsode! hahahaha)

You Are Barbeque Sauce

You are a social person. You enjoy cooking for other people. You are both skillful and competitive. You enjoy mastering hard tasks. You appreciate complexity more than simplicity. Your taste in food tends to lean toward interesting flavors. You appreciate exotic spice combinations. You tend to like cutting edge, fusion cuisine. You get along with all personalities from a distance. Except salsa personalities, who always seem to annoy you.

What Condiment Are You?

Happy Dance Friday!!!!!!!

Since I've been to the beach a number of times lately and have strolled on the boardwalk, it just got me thinking of those days...long ago and far away.....Enjoy your weekend! 


Peace

Test Time!!!

Peace

Interesting.......

Is It NBA Or NFL?

 36 
have been accused of spousal abuse



7 
have been arrested for fraud 



19
have been accused of writing bad checks 

117 
have directly or indirectly 
bankrupted at least 2 businesses 



3 
have done time for assault 



71,
repeat 
  
71 cannot
get a credit card due to bad credit 



14 
have been arrested on drug-related charges 
  



8 
have been arrested for shoplifting 




21 
currently 
are defendants in l

awsuits, and 



84
have been arrested for drunk driving 
in
the last year 




Can
you guess which organization this is? 


Give
up yet? . .

 
  
  
  
 

 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 


Neither,
it's the 435 members of the 
United States Congress 


The
same group of Idiots that crank out 
hundreds of new laws each year 
designed to keep the rest of us in line!

 

Peace

Ruby Tuesday

The Teach sponsors Ruby Tuesday, where we post a picture of something red. The picture has to be one that you took. Here's mine for this week.

Walking along Central Park I noticed this Evil Clown. I turned around to take a pic and he gave me the one finger salute!!! Just proves my theory about clowns....... especially the ones who wear red shoes!!!!! Aarrgghh!!!!!!!!!!!! (I'm wondering if the lady in the hat was his girlfriend). The one in the middle, I'm not too sure how he fits in.

Peace

Happy Monkey Monday!

Happy Monkey Monday!

I need some sleep. 

 You know how dogs are supposed to be afraid of fireworks, and they get all sorts of nervous and quiet and hide?   Not Snotdog!  He thinks he can conquer the world when the fireworks start!  He thinks they're the enemy and he's out to get them.  He barks so much he loses his bark!  But that doesn't stop him!  Just when you think he's barked his lil snot head off,  and you're ready to fall into dreamland, more fireworks and more barking!  

ALL.NIGHT.LONG.

So how was your weekend?

Peace

Happy Birthday America

Have a great Fourth All.  See ya in a few days...Stay safe

Peace

2 Joke Day

(1)

(2) The Republican Fisherman

A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude
and spots a man fishing from a boat below.
She shouts to him, 'Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I
would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am.'
The man consults his portable GPS and replies, 'You're in a hot air
balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea
level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.0
9 minutes west longitude.

She rolls her eyes and says, 'You must be a Republican!'

'I am,' replies the man. 'How did you know?'

''Well,' answers the balloonist, 'everything you tell me is technically
correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm
still lost. Frankly, you're not much help to me.'

The man smiles and responds, 'You must be a Democrat.'

'I am,' replies the balloonist. 'How did you know?'

'Well,' says the man, 'You don't know where you are or where you're going.
You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You
made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and now you expect me to
solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we
met, but, somehow, now it's my fault.

Peace

Ruby Tuesday

The Teach sponsors Ruby Tuesday, where we post a picture of something red. The picture has to be one that you took. Here's mine for this week.

My boss has a car collection in his office. When I retired he gave me this one. It's not the red convertible that I wanted, but I appreciated it nonetheless. But I forgot what it is...lol. Can anyone tell me what type of car and year it is?

Shine On!/Monkey Monday

Happy Monkey Monday! May your basket be full! :-)

I saw this little award at A Life with A View,
and loved it! "Shine On" is one of my favorite sayings! So I thought it appropriate to pass this along to all of you because you've all been my shining stars of late and my wish for all of you is to
"SHINE ON"

pEACE

3 Question Meme

Paul, from Shadow of Diogenes, tagged me with this three question tag:

Q1)  What is your favorite novel ?

(Q2)  Who is your favorite author ?

(Q3)  Do you prefer fiction or non fiction ?

I honestly have to admit that I really don't have a favorite novel.  I can say that the novel that impressed me the most when I was young was Little Women.   And I always read the Nancy Drew Detective series. Also the Hardy Boys.  lol.

Later in life I read every book I got my hands on....both fiction and non fiction.  I think I've read every self help book ever published.  When I was in school I loved philosophy.

I love to read and read lots of books now.  Mostly fiction.  I pick my books through friend's recommendations or if it looks interesting, I buy it.   This is how I am with music too.  Don't ask me who sang it or who wrote it, if it sounds good to me, that's enough.

Peace

Wordzzle #3

Raven sponsors Wordrzzzle every weekend.  She offers up the words and we make up the stories!

The ten words for this week are:  

Fabulous, aristocrat, tricycle, soft summer breeze, cat litter, silver-tongued devil, curtain rod, lilacs, Abraham Lincoln, garbage can.

Here's my third one.  I'm just having fun with it.

"Simply fabulous", Meek the aristocrat squealed as he eyed his brand new purple and pink tricycle!  You see, he couldn't ride a two wheeled bike nor could he drive a car. (Not to mention the fact that cars weren't even invented yet.)

He hopped on and pedaled away, allowing the soft summer breeze to kiss his face.  All of a sudden his bike hit a patch in the rode that set him sailing head over heals over the handle bars but landing in a soft, scratchy patch of cat liter???   Lifting himself up and checking that nothing was broken, he thought to himself "What the heck is this? Why is cat liter being used to pave the road???"  He looked around to see if he somehow took the wrong turn and wound up in the middle of a cat farm or something. His attention was drawn to his mangled tricycle and he became very sad.  "What am I supposed to do now?" he thought.  

All of a sudden he heard a hissing laugh and turned around and lo and behold, there stood Abraham Lincoln.  Meek thought it was strange that he was carrying a curtain rod and was dressed up like a silver tongued devil!  But hey, stranger things have happened, like being stopped short and thrown in the air by a road of cat liter.

Meek asked Mr. Abe if he was going to help him get out this mess.   Abe threw his head back and laughed, then pointed over to the garbage can.  You see, his curtain rod was really a magic wand and when he pointed it at the can thousands of lilacs began to bloom!

Abe told Meek that if he took those lilacs and placed them on top of the cat liter, a new road would appear.   

So that's what Meek did and sure enough, the road turned back into one that was smooth and tricyclable. (I made that word up).   He was told to sprinkle the lilacs on his trike and that too came back to life.  Meek was thrilled and turned to thank Abe...but he was gone.  All that was left was the magic curtain rod!  Meek took the rod and placed it over his handle bars and rode all the way back to his village.  

The villagers rejoiced and everyone lived happily ever after.

Peace

Happy Dance Friday!!!!!!!

Happy Dance Friday!!! Stay cool, but dance!!

Peace

Ladders and Me

Remember a while back I told you about my carpenter bees?  Well, the "bee control people", while they were up on the roof, informed me that my gutters were really gunky and should probably be cleaned out.   So being the independent person I am, I thought I'd have a look. I also thought I could take a hose and swish out all that gunk myself.

So I take a ladder and plant it firmly in the flower bed. (yeah yeah, shaddup).  That's where the spout was that I needed to blast the water down!   I climb the ladder with the hose over my shoulder.  I take a look in the gutter and see that yes indeed, they certainly were gunky!  I shoot the hose down the spout thinking that everything will now just flow out.  Easy, right?  Wrong!

But what do I know?  I've never done this in my life.  And of course, I don't ask advice or even look it up on the internet as to how to go about this.   Ok, so now I think I better call the professionals in.  I conceded that I can't handle this one and start to descend the ladder (the one I had firmly planted in the flower bed).  The ladder starts to tilt to the right.  Uh oh.  I throw the hose down and think quickly!  slowly tilting.....Shit!    I get down to the third rung from the bottom and jump!  It was a wide jump too because I didn't want to land in the flower bed and ruin the flowers so I tried to jump over them.  I tripped over the edge of the flower bed and did a slow roll into the bushes.   I banged up my knee a little, but I don't think there's any major damage.   

How do I feel about all this?  I feel like a dope and now know that I should probably call the professionals first!

And how was your day?

Peace