Happy Birthday My Boys

TinkerArmyBoy is home for a visit. TinkerSon is most pleased to see his brother, although he'd probably cut his foot off before admitting it. Boys. They never change. Inseparable for the first few days, and we actually went almost 72 hours before the first real battle of wills. Arg. So they are off to the amusement park today - when there is a heat advisory out. Can't teach them anything.

Saturday night they chose to stay home and "bond"

Somehow I don't think watching tv, sitting on separate couches, on separate laptops is bonding, but then what do I know?



I use to refer to them in the plural as the boys. Never the twins. Didn't allow anyone to do that. As children wont to do, they grew up and moved on.

However, I found it most interesting that as adults now, they were VERY offended when they heard me say to their dad one day, "are the boys in or out?" And I was referring to the cats.

Yes Virginia, you can replace your sons with cats.

Natinal Cherry Dessert Day

Yesterday on Dr. Oz he was doing a show on what is good for you to eat to help with mood swings, etc. One of the new snacks on the "approved" list is dried tart cherries. Perfect choice for today's National Day, don't you think?

Off to the store . . . .

Ten on Tuesday

Today’s challenge is 10 catalogues you get and enjoy. I don’t get 10 catalogues. If this were knitting magazines I might stand a chance. Some over the years I gave up because I just wasn’t interested in the content, and some stopped coming because I didn’t buy enough stuff from that company. I get how it costs them money to print and mail. But I too like nothing better to sit on the porch with a cup of something and peruse through a catalog for an hour or so.

Catalogs I get now:
1. LL Bean
2. KnitPicks
3. Chicos

Catalogs I’m planning on checking out thanks to Carole:
4. Vermont Country Store
5. King Arthur Flour
6. Victorian Trading Co.

Catalogues that use to come twice a year:
7. Montgomery Wards
8. Sears

I don’t get Penzy’s catalog because they have a store near me and I can just pop over there, and I use to get some seed/flower catalogues but stopped because everything in my garden is just green once the iris finish blooming. What is in there now keeps coming back and doesn’t require any extra effort on my part. The best kind of plant.

Ladybug

I'm not a bug person, I'm perfectly happy for them to stay outside and not bother me. If they come into my house, they'd best hide. Last night TinkerSon1 came home for a visit. Hungry. At 10:00 p.m. So I offered him salad, which he said was great.

While I was washing the romaine I found a ladybug, she was stiff and I felt sorry for her being frozen to death like that. So I rinsed the leaf off and left her in the sink for later. Acout 15 minutes later she was crawling up my wall. Hmmm, guess hibernation was the name of the game. So I scooped her up and was walking to the door when TinkerSon2 saw her and said what's up. I told him I was freeing Ms. Ladybug and where I found her. You'd have thought I told him I put worms in the salad.

I then remembered Norma's blog post about the woman concerned about bugs in Norma's garden and how did she keep them off the salad.

People. Plants. Outside. Bugs. Fact. of. life.

Get over it and wash your greens well.

Still Here

Well, I'll admit that I don't pay much attention to the news. I don't check internet news often except when it screams at me, I don't have cable tv so I'm not "tuned in" 24/7 to some station, and while the free chanel will flash ticker things at the top or bottom if there is blizzard or tornado warning, I don't usually have the tv on. That being said, I haven't seen anything about millions of people finally meeting their maker today.

So, does that mean the weird preacher dude was wrong? Can't imagine that.

Did whoever you believe in decide no one is worthy?

Are we really already in hell and this is as bad as it gets until each individual person gets it right? (That's my personal belief)

Does Mother Earth really control our destiny? (another personal belief)

So, I guess really what happened is, that like the Y2K hysteria, someone, or several someone made a lot of money off people's vulnerability and sacredness. And will now spent the next few days justifying their actions.

What really is sad is that some people sold or gave away all their belongings. What is going to happen to them now? Is the whacko who started this going to take care of them? Nope, I'll bet not.

Dentist

I was at the dentist office today getting a cleaning. I'm a super whimp when it comes to the dentist, although since they now make me come every 3 months it isn't as traumatic as it use to be. Nitrous is a given and I'm thinking vallum would not be misplaced.

But today was one of those days where I was just done by 3pm. All I could think about was my feet hurt and a massage would be wonderful instead of a tooth cleaning at 5:00.

Lightbulb Moment! How cool would it be if when you were laying in that chair having them pick and poke at your teeth, you could also get a foot massage? I'd pay a LOT of money for that!

Have a good weekend, think I'll make an appointment for some reflexology.

The hygienist was not impressed with my insight.

And I'll be seeing the dentist in 2 weeks for those fillings that have failed :(

Three Things for Thursday

Okay Carole I'll Play.

Three Things About Television:
1. I watch NCIS faithfully. And Big Bang Theory. Sometimes NCIS LA. And
that is about it.
2. I use to watch Gilmore Girls with TinkerDaughter, faithfully every week.
I have all the seasons on DVD and watch them too.
3. I don't have cable tv or a dish. And I probably never will, I refuse
to pay for television, and I've not yet figured out those newfangled
things called hulu or ruku or whatever.

Three Things About Books:
1. I don't read as much as I use to, it makes me fall asleep.
2. I love my kindle. I have a lot of books yet to read on it, and a list
a mile lone of what I want when I get around to reading what is on it
now. And I don't like cooking or knitting books on it. I need to
touch those pages.
3. When the babies were little and I was nursing, it was stressed that
your baby needed to hear your voice. I read Nora Roberts books
out loud to them.

Three Things About my Hobbies:
1. I'm a slow knitter, and a little ADD so it is sometimes hard to sit
still for long periods of time.
2. I have unrealistic expectations about how much knitting I will get
done this summer (see ADD above). But they are, finish the red
sweater by the end of May. Start and finish the next sweater in
June and July. Start the Hannah Faulkenberg sweater August 1 and be
done by October 1, 2011.
3. If I'd sit still for a few hours, I'd get the rest of the sleeve
done and another sweater will be ready to put together.

What will tomorrow bring?