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Mon - April 2, 2007
Wood Floors
'My' dog ate our floor. But so did 'his'!
Our home was built in 1888 and still has the
original wood floors. Gorgeous wood floors that we desperately need to
refinish.
After a long morning of
church and setting up for some events at church that will happen later in the
week, hubby and I returned home around 3:00 or so to try to get a little nap.
The dogs, of course, had to stay in the house due to the rain, so we made sure
they had plenty of toys before we settled in. Hubby likes to sleep to the TV,
so we turned on the races and settled in on the daybed. I love napping on the
daybed with him.
I kept hearing a
little ripping sound, so I sat up and put my glasses on and noticed Murray at
the bookcase. Looking at me. Not looking guilty or anything, but I knew he had
been tearing a book. I made him get away from the area and put a step ladder in
front of the book case so he'd leave it alone then went back to
napping.
After a few minutes, I heard
scraping, so I checked again and found Bernoulli chewing on the step ladder.
It's aluminum and feels good on their gums, so I left him
alone.
Next thing I knew, hubby jumps
and I let him off the bed and suddenly he's yelling at Bernoulli because he's
pulling a little section of the wood floor up! We made the dogs all come into
the room with us and put up a gate so we could 'rest in peace', as it were.
Napping ensued.
After naps and hubby's
bike ride, we were watching a little Law and Order, CI when I heard that
distinctive 'snap' of a piece of the floor snapping back as it was pulled on. I
jumped up and found Murray this time. Same hall, same floor, same spot. {sigh}
At least I could tell hubby it wasn't just 'MY'
dog!
These little guys are tough. We
never had such destructive problems with the retrievers. The pups have chewed
on a formal dinning table, a formal dining chair, a desk chair, 2 cheap chairs
(thank goodness for cheap chairs!), a window ledge, ripped a sheet, destroyed a
plush ball and 2 plush toys, chewed up an old picture that I wanted, chewed and
emptied about 5 or 6 plastic water bottles (all full of water when they
started), eaten 3 socks, 2 book bindings, and, now, pulled wood up off the wood
floor. I'll be so glad when they grow up!
Mon - October 17, 2005
Taken...
So taken was I with my own comments to Fluid
Pudding that I must reprint them here. Along with a few more ideas.
Because today I feel creative, , I probably won't and I will frantically
search for this post for inspiration.
Anniversary
Gifts: OK...look. This is an anniversary,
not a birthday. I think anniversaries are about US, not HIM or ME. So I like
things that help our relationship. Like a book (101 Romantic
Nights 101
Nights of Great Romance, 52 Positions Position
of the Day Playbook, something like that...or, maybe, Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus is more
his speed.)I gave the hubby a
perpetual coupon for personal massages. By me. Anytime he wanted and I only
had 2 hours to make it happen. Along with that you could add massage oils (like the new one from KY that is
also a lubricant, if you are so inclined), maybe a feather (or flogger...or both), you can even splurge on a new nighty and
call it part of his gift...will he mind?? Heaven's,
no!I, personally, think that whoever
does the cooking shouldn't have to cook that night, so the other person is
responsible for dinner out reservations. Or for preparing a picnic, if the
budget is tight. In my case, that person would be me, so Chad shouldn't have to
cook on our Anniversary.Someone else
suggested concert tickets. That's a nice idea...you can make a night of it;
picnic in the park, on to the concert (or play) or some other event you don't
get to attend often.BTW, FP, I'll be
happy to babysit. For free. But you'll have to get me to your house and then
home again.
Sat - September 10, 2005
Whispering
Satan's in my head tonight,
whispering...
Everything
negative...
I am incensed that my
thoughts are invaded, a raping of the mind.
Wed - January 19, 2005
Now THIS is going to break my diet!
Remember that 'diet caffeine-free' Mountain Dew
kick I've been on? Well, I have a feeling this
will blow it! ((edited...apparently, the guy who's blog I linked to no longer
has a blog there. sorry.))Oh, and if
you get bored, here are some lists that will keep
you rolling.And, just in case you were
wondering, I'm too lazy to make any really meaningful resolutions for this new
year, so I just got this
one:
Fri - January 14, 2005
At last!
Taurus:
(April. 20—May 20)
Your pocket Bible will
stop an assailant's bullet, but not before it passes through four innocent
bystanders, a school-bus gas tank, and your
genitals.
So, now I know I should carry
the pocket Bible. (uh, maybe in my FRONT pocket!)
Tue - January 11, 2005
Home, Home in LA...
(Lower Alabama, that is)
As instructed by jen:
According to MapBlast my current distance from my childhood home:
Total Est. Time: 5 hours, 3 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 241.94
milesNow,
Chad's:Est. Time: 42 hours, 53
minutesTotal Est. Distance: 2668.94
milesNow THAT's a long
drive!
Mon - December 13, 2004
Duality
Though the Son was incorporeal, He formed for
Himself a body after our fashion. He appeared as one of the sheep; yet, He still
remained the Shepherd. He was esteemed a servant; yet, He did not renounce the
Sonship. He was carried in the womb of Mary, yet was arrayed in the nature of
His Father. He walked upon the earth, yet He filled heaven. He appeared as an
infant, yet He did not discard the eternity of His nature. He was invested with
a body, but it did not circumscribe the unmixed simplicity of His
Divinity… He needed sustenance inasmuch as He was man; yet, He did not
cease to feed the entire world inasmuch as He is God. He put on the likeness of
a servant, while not impairing the likeness of His
Father.
Melito of
Sardis
2nd century
Mon - November 1, 2004
...in heaven
There are all kinds of things you can add to the
end of a sentence to give it a whole new meaning. I recommend ending every
sentence you can with 'in heaven.' Not just a different meaning, but perhaps a
little hope, too. Or a laugh.
"What's for dinner (in
heaven)?"
"Read any good books lately (in
heaven)?"
"There is no spoon (in
heaven)."
"I will gladly pay you tomorrow for
a hamburger bought today (in heaven)."
Mon - October 25, 2004
Yeah!
Fri - October 22, 2004
Good News is Nice to See
This was a few weeks back, but I was having a
'down' day, so I started poking around on the 'net, reading blogs by people who
make me laugh and randomly choosing links from their lists.
<HTMLCode>This led me to the site Strengthen the
Good. I was impressed, so I've signed up to get their email. With
all the CNN 'Alerts' I get, this will be a nice shot in the arm to my spirit.
Here's a little bit about
them:<blockquote>STG is the
nexus of a network of bloggers committed to raising awareness for small
charities around the world. Every three weeks this space highlights a new
"micro-charity" ...a small, inspiring charity, one with a real face and where $1
makes a difference... and the bloggers in the network link to that post, sending
traffic, and awareness, the charity's
way.</blockquote>I was also
impressed with the charity they are currently highlighting, Garden of Angels. I didn't realize this was the
organization that helped get 'Safe Arms for Newborns' passed in California.
This is the law that allows parents to take their newborn to a designated safe
area within 3 days of its birth and hand it over to the authorities with no
consequences. It has helped save at least 59 babies so far, but if people knew
about it, and if other states passed the same law, the numbers of babies saved
from death due to abandonment would be much higher.
The charity also names and buries
infants who die when abandoned, but they also work to get the word out about the
law, has a donation
page.Go read about both!
Do your heart some good! And maybe leave a buck or two. Every penny
counts.</HTMLCode>
Sun - October 10, 2004
101 Things To Do in 1001 Days
Reading Jen the other day, I found out about this
meme and decided I wanted to join in. I was going to wait to post my
list once I got the complete list together, but I decided I don't want to wait
that long to start completing them! So, here are the items so far. I will post
additions to it as they are made, and the complete list will be found here. I
will strike them out as they are completed and try to post pictures of some
aspect of the item, as well.Here we
go. (The date is courtesy of time and date.com.)
Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004 -- Sunday, July 8, 2007- Finish writing this list without cheating.
- COMPLETE the list, with many pictures to prove it.
FOR MY HUNNY
- Finish Chad's new website
- Plan a date night with things Chad would want to do (no horror movies!)
- Get a professional portrait taken with Chad.
- Go to a concert at Chastain.
PLAY DAYS
- Go horseback riding
- Take dogs to High Springs or someplace with water.
- Go canoeing with Chad
- Go fly a kite!
FRIENDLINESS
- Invite the neighbor friends over for a bon fire night.
- Send birthday cards or in some other way acknowledge birthdays for a whole year!
- Write at least 2 friends I have not written in a long time.
- Meet the new neighbors on the block.
HOBBIES
Pull out the knitting and make SOMETHING.wow!- Submit a picture to WordPhoto at least once a week for at least a month.
- Knit myself a sweater
- Knit a blanket & give to a charity
- Start a GCF knitting ministry
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
- Learn to do a tune-up on my motorcycle.
- Take a motorcycle safety course.
- Build garage for the motorcycle
- Get a newer motorcycle, 500-750cc, for a good price
- Finish ABC video for Chris & Katy's kids.
- Make an appointment for a mammagram.
- Sell some stuff on eBay.
- Join Curves and go for a month.
KEEPING HOUSE
- Replace facia above front porch & kitchen window.
Patch flashing by chimneyRepaint Living RoomMove Library into Living Room & stop calling it the Living Room.- Repaint back section of house.
- Repaint guest room
- Repair ceiling stains in dining room and kitchen
- Repair bead-board ceiling in guest room
- Repaint master bedroom
Tue - October 5, 2004
Dating in the New Millenium
We own a lot of books on relationships.
Dating relationships, marriage relationships, divorce relationships.
Relationships we want, relationships we don't want, relationships we don't have
but want and can't have but still can't move on from, yada yada
yada.
THIS book, however, we don't have. After
reading the excerpt, I think it may be criminal NOT to have
it. I mean, we want a really well rounded set of relationship books, you know?
Besides, with a name like "He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to
Understanding Guys," it will at least be a fun read. I'm not sure it will
convince 18-22 year olds to concentrate on liking themselves and just waiting on
God for the whole 'guy' thing, though. Oh, well.
Gmail, Anyone?
Well, no one has taken me up on my GMail
invitations, so I hunted down this article that I remembered reading by Amy at
Contentious.
Seems iSnopes created a cool little spooler that collects invitations and makes them available to others. So all those invitations I had? I donated them. You simply send the invitation to gmail@isnope.net. The name is A. Donation. I followed Amy's example and put a note that the donation came from me and left me blog address, too, so if I'm suddenly the most popular blog on the 'net, you'll know why! (HA!) (I learned this little trick from her, too.)
Meet the Flintstones
Chad thinks a 37 year old woman should not be
taking Flintstones Vitamins. He seems to think that some 'made for women'
multivitamin is better. So we compared them.
The first list is from Flintstones. The
second list is a famous brand daily vitamin. The third is another famous brand
daily vitamin, just for women.
Now, the second one, here, I can
accept. It looks pretty good. But, hey, it tastes awful and the coating on it
makes me nauseous. Flintstones are chewable and
yummy.That last one, though.
Now, I ask you...who needs all this extra
stuff? I mean, seriously...over 3 THOUSAND % of some of the B vitamins?!?
Sheesh. That just doesn't seem healthy to
me.I'll be chewing having a Fred
day, thank you very much.
Tue - September 21, 2004
In the Desert
This quote was sent to me recently and I just
love it. Thought I'd post it here until I get a chance to blog about
it.
"the camel has a big dumb ugly hump. but in the
desert, where prettier, more streamlined beasts die quickly of thirst, the camel
survives quite nicely. as legend has it, the camel carries its own water, stores
it in its stupid hump. if individuals, like camels, perfect their inner
resources, if we have the power within us, then we can cross any wasteland in
relative comfort and survive in arid surroundings without relying on the
external. often, moreover, it is our 'hump' - that aspect of our being that
society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable - that holds our sweet
waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent
climes."
From Tom Robbins' 'Still
Life with Woodpecker'
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