Sticking

Sticking is important to me.

Sticking to something when it gets hard.

Sticking to your convictions.

Sticking to your ideal & morals.

Sticking to your friends.

Sticking to friends.....  this one has been on my mind a lot lately.  There are people in my life that have come and gone and it is ok. Then there are people that have come and NOT gone and it might be better if they left.  Then there are the people that have come and gone and I wish they would stick.  My three best girl friends are flung about the country right now and although they have all kept in touch with me it intrigues me how they each keep in touch in a separate way.

One texts me daily, we talk occasionally, we e-mail every now and then.

One calls infrequently, chats on facebook occasionally and never texts.

The 3rd & final one calls & texts at least 5 times a week.  She e-mails when I e-mail her.

All three HAVE kept in touch though. And I love it. When things change you always wonder if your friendships will stick... so many times they do not. You both have to be willing to put in the effort.  You have to be able to push past the one word responses, unanswered texts, calls being left hanging, messages not returned, and "i forgot" or "I am just so busy" and MAKE the person listen & take the time if you want the friendship to continue.  Is it fair to say that both parties are responsible for a failed friendship or is it the fault of the one who "quit" first?  Should the 2nd have tried harder to keep the quitter from quitting?

These are the things plaguing my mind tonight as I carved pumpkins.....

At what point do you stop trying & accept that maybe things are just too different between you now?  Do you have to "break up" in order to get closure for the friendship?  Because let me tell you I feel like I need closure for a friendship!  hmmm

So this one is to all the lost friendships, lagging friendships, & troubled friendships out there.... word of advice- just push the other person.  They will either thank you for it or they will pull further away and at least it will be over quicker for you!  Which sucks.. but dragging it out is worse.  Let me tell you.

Oh the puddles!!

I love puddles

It rained today

A lot of rain

There are rivers

streams

creeks

cricks

trickles

drips

and drops

I went for a walk in it.  There were worms. So, so many worms.  They were long, squiggly, wiggly things that tended to try to crawl right into your path. 

I started out in the back alley and there were lakes to navigate. I was getting soaked to the skin but did not mind at all.

 I stopped at Christopher's to warm up for a bit and then went right back out to get soaked some more. It was a great time!

Highly recommended!

Autumn is here!!

October’s Party

by George Cooper

October gave a party;

The leaves by hundreds came.

The Chestnuts, Oaks and Maples,

And leaves of every name.

The Sunshine spread a carpet,

And everything was grand,

Miss Weather led the dancing,

Professor Wind the band.

The Chestnuts came in yellow,

The Oaks in crimson dressed;

The lovely Misses maple

In scarlet looked their best.

All balanced to their partners,

And gaily fluttered by;

The sight was like a rainbow

New fallen from the sky.

Then in the rustic hollow

At hide-and-seek they played;

The party closed at sundown

And everybody stayed.

Professor Wind played louder;

They flew along the ground;

And then the party ended

In jolly "hands around."

 

 

Fighting

*Buzz*


*Buzz*


It is my phone again -- but instead of a text someone is calling me! I think it is Carley so I quickly put the groceries I am holding on the counter, floor, and fridge (aka- I dropped them all over the place). I don't really care though - they are not my groceries.

Jeffrey darts over and snatches up my phone before I get to it. He looks at who is calling and ANSWERS! The booger. I let him talk a few seconds but then start asking for my phone back because he is trying to do an impression of me and it is no good.

And he refuses to give me the phone and continues tormenting the person on the other end of the phone call.

I attack.

Not a little attack.

A big one.

I am going for leg hairs here.

I am stomping on toes.


At this point I discover it is Missy on the phone and I really needed to ask her some things so I REALLY wanted the phone.


I go after the leg hairs with a vengence. This is causing some very interesting octaves to come out of Jeffrey's vocal chords. It entertains.


As he dashes outside, I let him go.


I finish with the gorceries but then go stand in the doorway and do my best glare. He ducks behind a car.


I go back inside and rearrange a few magazines.

I go stand in the doorway and do a better glare. I get my phone back.


I sit outside for a little while talking and then move inside to Chris's bed and watch him unpack some things.


As Missy is telling me a story I am suddenly attacked! Chris has tackled me and I am now sat upon! What to do? Missy is getting concerned by my muffled screeching. Chris stuffs a pillow in my face.


And then another pillow -- for good measure I suppose.


I struggle against his weight and he jumps up leaving me lying on the bed with a phone on my nose & two pillows over my face. I mumble "I am fine" to a troubled Missy. Chris laughs & mocks my "I'm fine" since I am still stuck under pillows and half hanging off the bed. But I survived.


Jeffrey bounds into the room to rescue me --- about 1 minute too late. Boys. Sheesh. He jokingly asks if I was raped and I confirm this fact. Chris informs him that since I tried to rape him (Jeff) a little bit ago he was just trying to even the score.

Busy busy busy

It has been a busy past couple of days!

Friday I did my first sub job of the year which is always soooo fun.  But that means I worked a 12 hour day so that I would not have to use too much of my PTO at my other job.  Then I cleaned & rearranged my house & painted some more on my deck over the weekend.  Chris came home on Sunday but he went out for the evening and I went to bed early because I had another sub job/12 hour day on Monday.  That sub job was not too hard but it was a little disjointed and disorganized which was a little stressful and it was 6-8th grade which is not my "easy" grades.

Then Monday evening I should have just relaxed but I was invited to a movie so I went and saw The Other Guys with my friends.  It was so funny.... one of those 'this is so ridiculous' movies that can just be stupid but is still funny.

Tuesday I had a friend over for dinner and before that happened I found out two guys were in town and going to be staying at my house for a day or two so I made up the beds in the den. I also painted on the deck before starting dinner.

Paige and I had a great dinner and a lot of fun talking and Chris was there for a little while too. I made yummy yummy Au Gratin Potatoes, a Pasta dish, green beans & cookies.  Yum.

Wednesday was pretty "normal" and low key.  I painted more on my deck and got the whole "inside" done and am now waiting for my dad to bring a ladder over so we can finish the outside.  I also finished more of the porch but it still has a ways to go.

Thursday I had a work birthday party to go to at the Brew Pub. That was super fun.  There were about 12-15 people that came and our boss ended up paying for all of us which is always super great. :)

Thursday after the party I watched the end of a movie with Chris and then he took off to go see friends. My kitty kat has an injury of some sort or is just super sick & stiff.  He is listless & he cries when you touch his ribcage area. So I spent most of the rest of the evening just petting him and watching TV (GREY'S premier!)

At one point kitty kat disappeared for a bit and when I went looking for him I could not find him. When I finally discovered where he was he was sitting in the driver's seat of my truck which was sitting in the garage. Apparently I had left that window down.... for days. Oops!

When Chris got home I was laying on my bed petting kitty kat still. He came in and talked for a while and then went to bed. His MCAT scores should be up between now and Tuesday and I think I am close to being as stressed as he is about it.  Stupid empathy.  haha.

This weekend is going to be all about the house again. If the weather is good I will be finishing painting the porch and working on getting some yard stuff cleaned up.  My lawn boy has been ill this week and the lawn is starting to look a little on the shaggy side. Hopefully it does not rain today so he can get it done. And hopefully he is no longer ill.

Signing off til next time!

My goal today.....

.... to be iridescent.  ;)



Catch Phrase (aka uncontrolled laughter)

I love Catch Phrase.  For anyone who has not played this game --- you need to.  It will change the way you see all your friends. 

Catch Phrase makes me laugh every single time I play.  My friends and family think I have played too many times cuz I can guess the correct word or phrase within seconds of someone saying something usually but everyone has a different way of describing something so I don't think it has to do with how often you have played. I just see a roledex in my mind and the possible answers are narrowed down quickly.



This time the "funniest moment" was when Amanda (my teammate) was trying to get me to say "nautical mile".   She told me it had to do with sailing so I was shouting out things like yar, starboard, ropes, sails, etc.  She then told me it was distance, like foot, yard, meters.  I finally shouted, "Mile!" and she said "YES, but a sea one."  So I was slightly confused and searched my Rolodex.  I finally came up with KNOTS! I was quite proud of myself but then she said "No, THE SEA"..... well a knot is "the sea" form of telling distance so I was soooo confused. At this point we are howling with laughter already. 'Nautical' finally pops into my head as the buzzer is getting close to buzzing me but my mouth was ahead of my poor brain and I shouted out "nautical knot!"........... and the buzzer buzzed.  As soon as I said "nautical knot" I knew it was supposed to be "nautical mile" but I thought Amanda had told me NO to mile which is why I came up with knots in the first place.  She was laughing sooooo hard at me. 



We gave the other team their point and moved on, still wiping tears from our eyes.  The next thing Amanda tried to get me to say was Rug Rats. Her way of doing this was "Little kids!  Carpet rodents!"  Well that carpet rodents put me over the edge... I was laughing sooooo hard. Amanda was laughing so hard she stopped the buzzer so she could calm down cuz she was afraid she might throw up! It was the funniest moment I have had in that game in a long time.

Ahhh Catch Phrase ... you complete me.  ;)