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Random Thoughts
By catryan | May 12, 2008
This post has no topic; it will just be a random hodge-podge of what’s been going on. So if you came for something high-brow, you’ll be disappointed.
If you haven’t discovered Stuff White People Like, you should check it out. I just read item #99: Grammar and it is hysterical. You’ll think the comments are pretty funny too if you’re a liberal arts major, yuppie-type white like myself who is bothered by grammatical errors and hates Nascar. I also thoroughly enjoyed #98: The Ivy League and #9: Making you feel bad about not going outside, which I do with Lima Bean all the time. I can’t wait to see what the topic is for post #100!
Jagman and I just got back from our couples massage. He likes a relaxing massage and I like a tortureous, deep tissue massage that will leave me bruised and sore for three days. She spent an entire hour working on my shoulders and neck, and my shoulders are still hunched up and tight! “You need a vacation,” she said. Think I can turn that diagnosis in for medical leave???
I had a lovely Mother’s Day working on a new garden in our yard. Jagman rented a sod-cutter and cut it out before I woke up. Then we went to Home Depot and picked out some lavender, foxglove and roses. We got tomatoes for a different area; I’m hoping the deer don’t eat them, because we’ve never had fresh home grown tomatoes from our own yard. We finished planting just before the floods began; then we had a nice dinner with Mensa Child and Lima Bean. How about you???
Speaking of flooding, I am sick of this weather. We had to turn on our heat! Today, I wore a pantsuit with ankle boots. It is May 12th. This should not be! According to footwear guidelines, this is the no-socks, flats/sandals time of year. Ankle boots would be considered a fashion faux pa if it weren’t 48 degrees and raining. (Some students were actually wearing suede, knee-high boots, which I think, frankly, was going too far and would probably qualify for the What Not To Wear show. Just sayin’. It IS May 12th!)
Topics: life in general |
May 13th, 2008 at 4:40 am
We almost turned on the heat last night, but neither of us wanted to budge from the covers, so we both just fell asleep! That’s one way to keep our energy costs down!
Mother’s day was wonderful. The kids bought my wife a TrollBeads bracelet. The first bead they chose was the “Three Siblings” bead, and then each of them picked a bead that most closely reflected his/her personality. She loved it!
I’m in a freelance lull right now, so I’m using this time to return to some personal writing. I’m a little disappointed in myself that I missed an important submission deadline for English Journal, but where in the world has the time gone? I woke up the other day in near-panic that we were just weeks away from summer vacation! Not that I don’t want the break to come, but there is still much to do at school (you know exactly what deadlines I’m facing right now) with so few days to do it.
I see Old Friend from Far Away on your reading list. Wow! Natalie Goldberg! I had no idea! Is it any good? Is it anything like her books on writing?
Enjoy the day!