Happy snow day! Winter has finally decided to show itself around these parts. It's been snowing all day and it's lovely. Tomorrow it will be sunny and warmer, so the snow won't be hanging around, but it's really nice to have at least one day of true Winter weather. It's kind of a wet, slushy snow. I'll probably be shoveling soon.
I'm still getting over my second cold, so another day off of work isn't bad in that case, either. I am feeling better than a few days ago and was planning to spend much of this snow day just toddling around the house doing some tidying. It's happened a bit, but mostly I've just chilled out all day long. As soon as I sit down, Beatrix comes and curls up to fall asleep on my lap. She's getting bigger every day. I've decided that an "As Time Goes By" marathon is a good way to spend the snowy afternoon. Jean and Lionel are good company.
I was watching some of the Grammy performances on the internet earlier. I saw a little bit of the show, but Downton Abbey was a two hour episode right in the middle of the award show, so I missed the majority of the awards. However, I did see the beginning and I really really enjoyed Bruno Mars' performance. I love those fifties and sixties-era bands his performance was emulating. Very very cool. I thought that was fantastic. I have no idea what the song was, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. More of that! I missed Adele's performance on the actual show, but just watched it on the web and of course she killed it, who would have ever thought otherwise? The long standing ovation that everyone gave her afterward was great, too. We need more singers like Adele. I was glad that the Foo Fighters won a bunch of awards, too. Good on ya, Grohl & Co.
I'm looking forward to a movie release in May: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. It has both Judi Dench and Maggie Smith in it; it's no guess that I will love it. And, the scenery is bound to be pretty nice too, as it was shot on location in India. Another thing that I love? V8's V-Fusion Pomegranate Green Tea. At the grocery store yesterday I saw it and decided to give it a chance, and it's turned out to be a great decision. I like it when those grocery store product chances turn out well, don't you?
Monday, February 13, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
My love is your love.
It smells like snow outside tonight! I look forward to a little snow. This winter has felt very un-wintery around here. Today was cold and blustery, though. And now, the air has that very unique, crisp smell of snow. In true, weather-changing fashion, I am sick again with a cold. I just barely got over the last one that I had when I returned from Peru. Now I'm down again. This time is easier though. I've discovered that I am a tylenol cold sort of person. Last cold, I tried a combination of Alka Seltzer medicine and Dayquil. That really didn't work for me at all. This time, I went back to my tried-and-true Tylenol Cold and I have been functioning at much higher rate. Don't mess with the best, I guess?
I'm due for another dose of medicine pre-sleep here in a bit.
Last night I turned on my tv for the first time in a long time to see actual television programming. My tv is mostly used only for watching dvds, but I decided to check out whether or not I get PBS. I don't. But, in checking, I ended up watching some old shows on Me-TV, which I now get where my old radar-only station used to be. It's awesome! I saw the very end of the Dick Van Dyke Show, then came the Bob Newhart Show (I prefer "Newhart"-era Bob in his Vermont hotel wearing cardigans, not this Bob, who dons leisure suits and a gold pinkie ring in Chicago, but still, it was nice to see Bob no matter what), and then I saw just a little bit of That Girl. I turned it on just now and it's Star Trek, which doesn't interest me in the slightest. It appears as though Saturday nights on that channel are Science Fiction nights or something? I did go looking through their programs list and found some doozies that I remember from TV Land's debut in the 90s. Like, "Family Affair", "Laverne & Shirley", "Mary Tyler Moore Show", and "Petticoat Junction". "M*A*S*H" is on too. I think I've seen every episode of that show. My mom would watch that show all the time when I was growing up and she had a shirt (which I own, now) that's got 'M*A*S*H 4077th' on it. I love that show (and that shirt). The times that these programs air aren't necessarily conducive to my being able to watch them, but I love knowing that I have the opportunity of seeing these shows.
Sad news about Whitney Houston passing away. I always liked her and always wanted her to make a big comeback. Sad face. Just Say No to Drugs. I saw bits of the movie "Waiting to Exhale" last month. I got it from the library and it has been watched so many times that the dvd is scratched beyond repair. I love that movie. Really, I enjoyed all the movies that I've seen with Whitney Houston in it. "The Bodyguard", "Waiting to Exhale", and the nineties version of "The Preacher's Wife" were all good in my book. I always thought Whitney Houston carried herself with a lot of class and poise when she was at the height of her career. I have many of her albums and have been trying to figure out what my favorite song would be if I had to choose just one. It's a tough task. Such good songs, man! I remember having this song on repeat on my little portable boombox in my room in high school:
(Clap your hands, y'all, it's all right).
I'm due for another dose of medicine pre-sleep here in a bit.
Last night I turned on my tv for the first time in a long time to see actual television programming. My tv is mostly used only for watching dvds, but I decided to check out whether or not I get PBS. I don't. But, in checking, I ended up watching some old shows on Me-TV, which I now get where my old radar-only station used to be. It's awesome! I saw the very end of the Dick Van Dyke Show, then came the Bob Newhart Show (I prefer "Newhart"-era Bob in his Vermont hotel wearing cardigans, not this Bob, who dons leisure suits and a gold pinkie ring in Chicago, but still, it was nice to see Bob no matter what), and then I saw just a little bit of That Girl. I turned it on just now and it's Star Trek, which doesn't interest me in the slightest. It appears as though Saturday nights on that channel are Science Fiction nights or something? I did go looking through their programs list and found some doozies that I remember from TV Land's debut in the 90s. Like, "Family Affair", "Laverne & Shirley", "Mary Tyler Moore Show", and "Petticoat Junction". "M*A*S*H" is on too. I think I've seen every episode of that show. My mom would watch that show all the time when I was growing up and she had a shirt (which I own, now) that's got 'M*A*S*H 4077th' on it. I love that show (and that shirt). The times that these programs air aren't necessarily conducive to my being able to watch them, but I love knowing that I have the opportunity of seeing these shows.
Sad news about Whitney Houston passing away. I always liked her and always wanted her to make a big comeback. Sad face. Just Say No to Drugs. I saw bits of the movie "Waiting to Exhale" last month. I got it from the library and it has been watched so many times that the dvd is scratched beyond repair. I love that movie. Really, I enjoyed all the movies that I've seen with Whitney Houston in it. "The Bodyguard", "Waiting to Exhale", and the nineties version of "The Preacher's Wife" were all good in my book. I always thought Whitney Houston carried herself with a lot of class and poise when she was at the height of her career. I have many of her albums and have been trying to figure out what my favorite song would be if I had to choose just one. It's a tough task. Such good songs, man! I remember having this song on repeat on my little portable boombox in my room in high school:
(Clap your hands, y'all, it's all right).
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
[Not] Breaking News: My opinion and those of the hometown crowd differ...again.
Raaaaaarrr!! It's election day, and here in my city we had a semi-big deal on the ballot. I've drowned myself in cookies & creme ice cream topped with m&ms because I discovered that only 38% of my fellow citizens feel similarly to me on that one semi-big deal ballot measure. It's no surprise that my opinions and those of the majority of my fellow citizens are practically opposite, but I always feel sad when I'm faced with it in the news under the headline "[Ballot measure] soundly defeated at polls". Boo. I didn't think this measure would pass, but then, during voting, I had a sudden surge of hopefulness that maybe it would.
Hope is always dashed come election reporting time in this house. Enter ice cream and candy-coated chocolate. Yum.
Not all was in vain on this election day, though. Feeling that (as history has shown) my hopes at the poll would be squandered, I stopped to sign a petition to get the legalization of cannabis on the ballot later in the year. I figure if you can't win, you may as well attempt to piss off as many of your neighbors as possible by forcing them to vote your propositions down. Oh, democracy, you are fun. I am very much hoping that it happens and look forward to the angry, panties-in-a-wad, hometown jibber-jabber regarding the giggle weed later this year.
Hope is always dashed come election reporting time in this house. Enter ice cream and candy-coated chocolate. Yum.
Not all was in vain on this election day, though. Feeling that (as history has shown) my hopes at the poll would be squandered, I stopped to sign a petition to get the legalization of cannabis on the ballot later in the year. I figure if you can't win, you may as well attempt to piss off as many of your neighbors as possible by forcing them to vote your propositions down. Oh, democracy, you are fun. I am very much hoping that it happens and look forward to the angry, panties-in-a-wad, hometown jibber-jabber regarding the giggle weed later this year.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Olympic trials, here I come?!?!
My office is kind of quirky in that we have casual day on Monday instead of Friday. This is a nice way to begin the going-back-to-work grind because you can ease into it. Part of the defeat of beginning the work week is having to return to work and also having to wear work-ish clothing. So, with casual Mondays, you get to hold on to your jeans for one more day. I kind of like it more than having casual Fridays...although, I do like me some casual Fridays as well.
I want to give a shout-out for Lauren Willig's books. I'm currently reading my first novel by her, but it's the second in a series that she's written. So, I'm reading, "The Masque of the Black Tulip", and it's really interesting. If you like romance novels (check) and spy stories (check), you'd probably enjoy the Pink Carnation series that deals with the Selwick Spy School in Regency England. It's about a historian digging through some archives trying to unmask the deadly French spy known as The Black Tulip. Willig's novels are written basically as archival detective stories but with some romance thrown in. A history doctoral student digging through archives trying to discover something new for her dissertation reads old letters trying to piece together the lives of English and French spies. The Black Tulip, The Pink Carnation, The Purple Gentian and all of the spies in the Willig novels are fictional spies in the same vein as The Scarlet Pimpernel. I like this kind of thing. The Black Tulip is a French spy who is kind of causing mischief among the family and friends of the unmasked-in-the-first-novel Purple Gentian. There are a ton of books by Willig, so I'm looking forward to reading more from her.
Did you watch the Mizzou/Kansas game over the weekend? Perhaps you watched the Superbowl and saw Madonna looking pretty fierce at 53...or Tom Brady looking good at 34, before he was crushed by defeat? Or maybe you tuned in for Downton Abbey? I saw all three. I think Downton Abbey was the best. Like millions of others, I love that show and am totally hooked on the goings-on of the Crowleys and Granthams. Two more episodes left for this season and so many plot lines to clear up. Sigh. I will miss it when it's over again until next season. As far as the MU/KU game: they are always good games, and I'm glad Mizzou won, but I found myself to be pretty bored by it all this year. Everyone was talking non-stop about KU's decision to not play MU again for a while after this year when Mizzou moves to another conference. KU is bitter about MU leaving the Big 12. If there was a national championship for whining, Kansas would win every year. You can't out-whine a Jayhawk. I'm sure when the two meet up in Kansas later this month again, it will just be a re-hash of all the complaining about the rivalry dying out all over again, and I've heard enough.
Actually, if I was looking at going to watch a sport, I'd love to go see some sort of Olympic trial this year for the London Games next summer. I'd love to actually go to the Olympics, but that's not in the budget dontcha know. Out of all the summer events at the Olympics, I probably heart swimming the most. The Missouri Grand Prix is this weekend in Columbia for swimming. Jason Lezak is the only US swimming name that I recognized on the list, but there is a healthy list of international swimmers who were medalists in Beijing who are coming as well. Apparently, the Missouri Grand Prix is one of the first steps for prepping for the Olympic trials? Who knew? Not I. So, following that lead, I eventually found my way where the 2012 Olympic trials are held for swimming and, lo and behold, it's in Omaha this year in June and July. Which is not too far from me. I might head up there. That would be fun. And I could see some of the swimming folk in person. Hmmm.
...And then I went and looked at ticket prices and my eyes bugged out a little. But still... I might do it. Because the initial sticker shock wears off after you realize that the price is for four days of events. Not bad at all, actually when you think about it. Hmm. How often do you get to see Olympians competing for a spot on the national team in person? In an event you would watch in the Olympics anyway? Well, I never have. Maybe 2012 is the year I do. Yes. Maybe so. I love the Olympics. And having a summer full of it sounds good to me.
I want to give a shout-out for Lauren Willig's books. I'm currently reading my first novel by her, but it's the second in a series that she's written. So, I'm reading, "The Masque of the Black Tulip", and it's really interesting. If you like romance novels (check) and spy stories (check), you'd probably enjoy the Pink Carnation series that deals with the Selwick Spy School in Regency England. It's about a historian digging through some archives trying to unmask the deadly French spy known as The Black Tulip. Willig's novels are written basically as archival detective stories but with some romance thrown in. A history doctoral student digging through archives trying to discover something new for her dissertation reads old letters trying to piece together the lives of English and French spies. The Black Tulip, The Pink Carnation, The Purple Gentian and all of the spies in the Willig novels are fictional spies in the same vein as The Scarlet Pimpernel. I like this kind of thing. The Black Tulip is a French spy who is kind of causing mischief among the family and friends of the unmasked-in-the-first-novel Purple Gentian. There are a ton of books by Willig, so I'm looking forward to reading more from her.
Did you watch the Mizzou/Kansas game over the weekend? Perhaps you watched the Superbowl and saw Madonna looking pretty fierce at 53...or Tom Brady looking good at 34, before he was crushed by defeat? Or maybe you tuned in for Downton Abbey? I saw all three. I think Downton Abbey was the best. Like millions of others, I love that show and am totally hooked on the goings-on of the Crowleys and Granthams. Two more episodes left for this season and so many plot lines to clear up. Sigh. I will miss it when it's over again until next season. As far as the MU/KU game: they are always good games, and I'm glad Mizzou won, but I found myself to be pretty bored by it all this year. Everyone was talking non-stop about KU's decision to not play MU again for a while after this year when Mizzou moves to another conference. KU is bitter about MU leaving the Big 12. If there was a national championship for whining, Kansas would win every year. You can't out-whine a Jayhawk. I'm sure when the two meet up in Kansas later this month again, it will just be a re-hash of all the complaining about the rivalry dying out all over again, and I've heard enough.
Actually, if I was looking at going to watch a sport, I'd love to go see some sort of Olympic trial this year for the London Games next summer. I'd love to actually go to the Olympics, but that's not in the budget dontcha know. Out of all the summer events at the Olympics, I probably heart swimming the most. The Missouri Grand Prix is this weekend in Columbia for swimming. Jason Lezak is the only US swimming name that I recognized on the list, but there is a healthy list of international swimmers who were medalists in Beijing who are coming as well. Apparently, the Missouri Grand Prix is one of the first steps for prepping for the Olympic trials? Who knew? Not I. So, following that lead, I eventually found my way where the 2012 Olympic trials are held for swimming and, lo and behold, it's in Omaha this year in June and July. Which is not too far from me. I might head up there. That would be fun. And I could see some of the swimming folk in person. Hmmm.
...And then I went and looked at ticket prices and my eyes bugged out a little. But still... I might do it. Because the initial sticker shock wears off after you realize that the price is for four days of events. Not bad at all, actually when you think about it. Hmm. How often do you get to see Olympians competing for a spot on the national team in person? In an event you would watch in the Olympics anyway? Well, I never have. Maybe 2012 is the year I do. Yes. Maybe so. I love the Olympics. And having a summer full of it sounds good to me.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Ode to February.
Inspired by many lists of favorite love songs, I decided to come up with my own for this month. I wouldn't necessarily call myself a Romantic, but I do harbor some sentiment for the mushiness, I suppose. Deep down somewhere. At any rate, my love for music is much more willingly-shared with people and in this pink-and-red month, it seems like the perfect time to share my list of favorite love songs! Well, love is used loosely here. It's love, break-up, and assorted songs, I guess. Let's face it, this is just an excuse for me to make a list of songs, which I enjoy. A virtual mix-tape of awesomeness, so to speak. One thing I did come to realize while making this list is that men seem to write way more romantic songs than women do. Women tend to lean more toward the break-up songs. Or the songs about needing to go find themselves, etc. Men are much more into the mushy lyrics. It was a struggle to find a semi-lovey song sung by a woman for this list. I thought for a while Bette was going to be the only woman. But, as I said, these songs are not only for the Cupid-struck, but also for the Bitter-and-Lonely and Happily-Single. A little for everyone!
"First Day of My Life" Bright Eyes
Truly. Sweet.
"At My Window, Sad and Lonely" Billy Bragg & Wilco
Perfect for the lonely hearts club.
"Some Enchanted Evening" from the Broadway musical South Pacific
Emile, the plantation owner, singing about 'carpe diem' in a lovely Rogers-and-Hammerstein sort of way. With all the sappy love songs in musicals, I don't think any self-respecting list would refuse admittance to at least one.
"Ordinary People" John Legend
Leave it to John Legend to write one of the most practical love songs ever. And yet still so lovely, too.
"Your Cheating Heart" Hank Williams
Hank Williams' twangy, you-made-your-bed-now-lie-in-it ballad is pretty self-explanatory.
"Do You Wanna Dance?" Bette Midler
Seriously, I can listen to this song on repeat all day. Viva la Bette.
"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" Barry White
There can't be a love song list without Barry, amiright?
"I Can't Make You Love Me" Bon Iver
I'm a Bonnie Raitt fan, so no disrespect to her by choosing this cover, but Bon Iver takes the heartbreak of this song to a whole new level. Kleenex, please?
"She's Got a Way About Her" Billy Joel
Everyone all together now: Awww.
"Where I Stood" Missy Higgins
Kind of the antithesis Valentine's Day song about needing to figure out who you are when you're not in a relationship.
"Sugar, Sugar" The Archies
Such an upbeat, cheery tune for your Valentine's Day. Imagine Cupid snapping his fingers as he sallies forth down the street.
"Fidelity" Regina Spektor
A deceptively uppity song. The lyrics are less 'lovey-dovey' than the melody leads on. Still, I like it.
"Lady in Red" Chris De Burgh
Confession: This is probably the only song on the list that really makes my heart melt. [No shame.]
"Blame It" Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain
Haha, just kidding... Sorta.
"Kiss Me Slowly" Parachute
I just recently heard this song on the radio and it's so vomit-inducingly sweet that it had to make the list. It reminds me a bit of "Hey There Deliliah" from several years ago in its ridiculously cutesy nature. This will be a top-spin on Valentine's Day for sure.
"Don't You Remember" Adele
The queen of the break-up song, right here. The beautifully-written and delivered break-up song, I should say.
"Wonderwall" Oasis
Come on. I'd probably fall over and die if I had a song list and didn't include at least one Oasis jam on it.
"First Day of My Life" Bright Eyes
Truly. Sweet.
"At My Window, Sad and Lonely" Billy Bragg & Wilco
Perfect for the lonely hearts club.
"Some Enchanted Evening" from the Broadway musical South Pacific
Emile, the plantation owner, singing about 'carpe diem' in a lovely Rogers-and-Hammerstein sort of way. With all the sappy love songs in musicals, I don't think any self-respecting list would refuse admittance to at least one.
"Ordinary People" John Legend
Leave it to John Legend to write one of the most practical love songs ever. And yet still so lovely, too.
"Your Cheating Heart" Hank Williams
Hank Williams' twangy, you-made-your-bed-now-lie-in-it ballad is pretty self-explanatory.
"Do You Wanna Dance?" Bette Midler
Seriously, I can listen to this song on repeat all day. Viva la Bette.
"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" Barry White
There can't be a love song list without Barry, amiright?
"I Can't Make You Love Me" Bon Iver
I'm a Bonnie Raitt fan, so no disrespect to her by choosing this cover, but Bon Iver takes the heartbreak of this song to a whole new level. Kleenex, please?
"She's Got a Way About Her" Billy Joel
Everyone all together now: Awww.
"Where I Stood" Missy Higgins
Kind of the antithesis Valentine's Day song about needing to figure out who you are when you're not in a relationship.
"Sugar, Sugar" The Archies
Such an upbeat, cheery tune for your Valentine's Day. Imagine Cupid snapping his fingers as he sallies forth down the street.
"Fidelity" Regina Spektor
A deceptively uppity song. The lyrics are less 'lovey-dovey' than the melody leads on. Still, I like it.
"Lady in Red" Chris De Burgh
Confession: This is probably the only song on the list that really makes my heart melt. [No shame.]
"Blame It" Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain
Haha, just kidding... Sorta.
"Kiss Me Slowly" Parachute
I just recently heard this song on the radio and it's so vomit-inducingly sweet that it had to make the list. It reminds me a bit of "Hey There Deliliah" from several years ago in its ridiculously cutesy nature. This will be a top-spin on Valentine's Day for sure.
"Don't You Remember" Adele
The queen of the break-up song, right here. The beautifully-written and delivered break-up song, I should say.
"Wonderwall" Oasis
Come on. I'd probably fall over and die if I had a song list and didn't include at least one Oasis jam on it.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.
I've been contemplating crafts lately. Megan from over at Mrs. Tgo Says is having herself a Pinterest party and I've been mulling over ideas of what to do for it. I've halfway decided to decorate a pair of shoes. Remember when you were bored in class and you used to draw on your shoes? Canvas shoes worked the best because the pens easily wrote on the fabric. Anyway, I still think that's fun. My problem is not the creation of doodles on a shoe. When I would do it back in the day it was a spur of the moment thing when I would be bored in class and had already written notes to pass in the hallways to friends. It wasn't perfect, it was just mostly squiggles and lines. My problem is the planning for it. I feel like I need to have some sort of pattern in mind. Granted, the shoes don't need to look like I bought them all decked out; I don't mind the homemade look. Sometimes I much rather prefer it. But I'd like to do something more than curly ques and squiggles. I was taken by some of Lotta Bruhn's illustrations. This one in particular:
I'm trying to figure out how I would put that sort of illustration on a shoe. I'm thinking maybe I would just do one of the pairs of elephants? I love elephants. I'm still thinking. Maybe just some chevron pattern would be easier? We'll see. I have a few more days to contemplate. By the time the party rolls 'round, I might decide to just do a coaster...
Yesterday I found the most awesome sweatshirt I've ever seen and I immediately bought it. Of course I want to wear a first edition cover of one of my favorite books all the time! Bless you, Out of Print Clothing. Less than an hour after finding the shirt, the company had already shipped it out to me! How quick, I thought. The company is Out of Print Clothing and they specialize in clothes and totes and journals and stuff for bookworms. Heart. Also, when you purchase something from them, they use some of the money to support the Books for Africa project. Added bonus!
Something less exciting is the fact that I have a door in my home that dislikes staying shut. I got home on Monday night to find Bea super excited and a little on the chilly side. I thought she'd just been hanging out in the windows all day watching the world go by. She tends to do that. If you drive by my house, chances are pretty good that you'd see her watching you from one of the front windows. So, I shrugged it off and walked into the kitchen where I saw the back porch door wide open and realized that Bea had not, in fact, spent the day in the windows watching the world go by; she spent it out in the world. It isn't the first time it's happened. The wind has thrown the door open a number of times, unfortunately. Sometimes when I'm at work. Nobody has ever come into my house (that I know of) or stolen anything or whatnot. There's not much to take unless they have a strong desire for a half-working record player or some romance novels. Mostly I've always worried about my pet getting out and run over or something. I live on a busy street. This was the first time it's happened since Bea has been with me. With Iris, I never worried about her leaving the house because she was so scared of going outside. She would usually hide upstairs somewhere until I got home. Bea is a different story entirely and I'm super glad that she returned to me after her adventures. I'm also glad it was so beautiful on Monday with temperatures in the 60s so my house wasn't an igloo when I got home. Anyway, the door is bolted now and has a kitchen island positioned in front of it now to try to stop a repeat performance of Monday. I really need a new door, but that's not in the budget right now.
One of the main reasons I am so addicted to Pinterest is the vast number of poems, quotes, and clever witty sayings that are shared on it every day. Sometimes I just love the fact that it allows me to collect these things and share them. Like the very wise Rudyard Kipling's advice on living well:
I'm trying to figure out how I would put that sort of illustration on a shoe. I'm thinking maybe I would just do one of the pairs of elephants? I love elephants. I'm still thinking. Maybe just some chevron pattern would be easier? We'll see. I have a few more days to contemplate. By the time the party rolls 'round, I might decide to just do a coaster...
Yesterday I found the most awesome sweatshirt I've ever seen and I immediately bought it. Of course I want to wear a first edition cover of one of my favorite books all the time! Bless you, Out of Print Clothing. Less than an hour after finding the shirt, the company had already shipped it out to me! How quick, I thought. The company is Out of Print Clothing and they specialize in clothes and totes and journals and stuff for bookworms. Heart. Also, when you purchase something from them, they use some of the money to support the Books for Africa project. Added bonus!
Something less exciting is the fact that I have a door in my home that dislikes staying shut. I got home on Monday night to find Bea super excited and a little on the chilly side. I thought she'd just been hanging out in the windows all day watching the world go by. She tends to do that. If you drive by my house, chances are pretty good that you'd see her watching you from one of the front windows. So, I shrugged it off and walked into the kitchen where I saw the back porch door wide open and realized that Bea had not, in fact, spent the day in the windows watching the world go by; she spent it out in the world. It isn't the first time it's happened. The wind has thrown the door open a number of times, unfortunately. Sometimes when I'm at work. Nobody has ever come into my house (that I know of) or stolen anything or whatnot. There's not much to take unless they have a strong desire for a half-working record player or some romance novels. Mostly I've always worried about my pet getting out and run over or something. I live on a busy street. This was the first time it's happened since Bea has been with me. With Iris, I never worried about her leaving the house because she was so scared of going outside. She would usually hide upstairs somewhere until I got home. Bea is a different story entirely and I'm super glad that she returned to me after her adventures. I'm also glad it was so beautiful on Monday with temperatures in the 60s so my house wasn't an igloo when I got home. Anyway, the door is bolted now and has a kitchen island positioned in front of it now to try to stop a repeat performance of Monday. I really need a new door, but that's not in the budget right now.
One of the main reasons I am so addicted to Pinterest is the vast number of poems, quotes, and clever witty sayings that are shared on it every day. Sometimes I just love the fact that it allows me to collect these things and share them. Like the very wise Rudyard Kipling's advice on living well:
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