Thursday Thirteen: Random Thoughts

Thirteen random thoughts....

1. The neighbor got a satellite dish. Did you hear me? A SATELLITE DISH! You know what that means? That means the mountain IS NOT in the way, and I can get one, too. I bet the waiting list is months long.

2. I fully understand that a satellite dish is going to suck my family into the television even more, keeping us from other meaningful activities. SO WHAT. In the darkness at -40 with nowhere remotely fun to go it will be nice to snuggle in and watch a skateboarding competition or turkey hunting or quilt making or whatever happens to catch our interest. Besides, I'm not sure we did any meaningful activities in the first place.

3. How many little black sunflowers seeds does one Chickadee need to get through a winter? It seems every time I look out the window the feeder is empty. They are busy little guys.

4. My darling husband put gas in the mower for me. I told him that two days ago the leaves on the lawn really bugged me. Yesterday, they were mildly irritating. Today, I'm wondering how much I really care. If I hold off by tomorrow I will think they are pretty. Procrastination really does save you work.

5. The house if so messy. A disaster. So should I sew my aprons, sew Olivia a dress, knit or make scrapbook pages? The house will just get messed up again anyhow. (See how easily I can talk myself out of doing what should be done. It's a gift.)

6. Sesame Street is really annoying this morning and I wish I was listening to something else. Waves hitting the beach would work. The sound of shifting ice as I pull a Cor.o.na out of the cooler. The squawk of a tropical bird looking for a snack. See where I am going with this? I really need to live some place tropical that doesn't have snakes or bugs. Right. Like there is any such place. In my dreams, baby.

7. I just love this little dog sitting in my lap. Ruby is so tiny. So loving. So happy to see me. Wish I could say the same about my teenagers.

8. I must move really slow or ALL OF YOU have slower clocks in your part of the world because I don't get how so many people home school, can 782 jars of "what's lying around", organize and plan everything possible, create wonderful projects, read, blog.....ALL IN ONE DAY. I think they make it all up. Honestly, there are not that many hours in a day, and I'm not that slow. Am I?

9. I shovelled half a dump truck load of gravel yesterday. Several yards I suppose. I think I'll go shovel the other half. Don't want a big mound in the yard all winter. The borough assessing people stopped by yesterday. The lady asked if I shovelled all our gravel. Yes. She said I must be very strong. No, not really. Just lacking a dozer. I'm sure there have been other family members who helped shovel, but I just went ahead and took all the credit anyhow. I pick up their dirty socks. They owe me.

10. The most scary sound in the world? The silence of toddlers.

11. I need to call the vet. Roscoe, Ruby, Molly and Sally need shots. Rusty needs neutered. Won't he just love that? I suppose that will all be around $500. Ack. I choked on my coffee.

12. Hello! The sun is shining! We've got to get outside before it goes behind a cloud. Of course, looks are deceiving. I was out just a minute ago with the dog and could see my breath. Brrrr.

13. We've almost hit birthday season. One in October, one in November, three in December, one in January, one in February, one in April, one in May, one in August. Oh, I guess it is birthday season all year for us! Well, it's those few really quick together that kick my butt. Trying to plan parties around sports and holidays is about impossible. Couldn't we just have one big bash at the end of April when NOTHING is happening. Would that be so wrong?

Happy Thursday. What's your random thought for the day?

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