A long time ago. Oh my, that makes me sound like my grandpa. I guess I could say long ago and far away. Well that doesn’t make me sound any less old does it? Let me just go with, some time ago. Yes, well, some time ago there was a tiny grocery store where they offered customers open accounts. People in the small town where the grocery store was could go in and sign for … [Read more...]
Is This You? Following My Feet After Squirrels
My feet and I have been friends for a very long time. Oh sure, sure, occasionally they have gotten a mind of their own and tried to go to the right when the rest of me goes left. Causing quite a stir of the senses as you can imagine. For the most part, however, the two of them and the one of me get along ending up at the same spot at the same time. There are those times, as I … [Read more...]
Is This You? That Dang Christmas Mouse
I suppose there is great intelligence in us learning to not look too hard at what is hiding under the surface of life. Like the curtain that was hiding the magic of the Wizard. Or engineering a cool mirror that you can stick under a door when Christmas presents are being brought in one afternoon just a few short—in reality a few LONG days before Christmas. I still wish I hadn’t … [Read more...]
Is This You? Magic Lists
It seems that some sort of shopping is a daily occurrence. Sometimes it’s just window shopping. Sometimes it’s specific and pointed buying shopping. The act of shopping is usually automatic. It’s the automatic shopping that gets me to overspend. So I am a list shopper. Not just groceries. If I am going out of town I not only list what I need I also list all the places I want to … [Read more...]
Is This You? Travel Envy and Politeness
Over the river and through the woods and across miles of ribbons of highways and byways, it’s travel season. Oh not summer travel season of vacationers suddenly stopping and not pulling off the road far enough so they can view a gaggle of gliding and landing geese or a heard of buffalo just standing looking at the crazy humans. Oh no my fellow scurrying friends. It’s hurry up, … [Read more...]
Is This You? Ironing Bored
I did some sewing a week or so ago. I do not have a “sewing” room. I set up my sewing machine in the living room, in front of the TV. Crushing the misnomer about me and multi tasking. Yes, I can. Unless there are cookies, then I can only concentrate on the cookie at hand. But I can sew and watch television at the same time. So I sew in my living room. Anyone who sews also knows … [Read more...]
Is This You? Curtains vs Drapes
Separated things keep things, well, separate. In many things that is good. Like if there is creamed corn on your dinner plate. You, if you are anything like me, will need to peel the crust off of your bread to make a dam to keep that sloppy corn from invading the chicken fried steak on your plate. Just saying, for an example. Then there are things that need to come together, … [Read more...]
Is This You? Planting An Education Seed
To say it has been a while since I was in school? Well “a while” needs to be defined. Every once in a while. All the while. That’ll take a while. I’ll be back in a while. Which “while?” Let’s go with, a short while. A short while could be any time actually. Now that time has been explained, oh you’re welcome, let’s move on. Even though my structured schoolin’ has been a while … [Read more...]