Something I’ve noticed.

I am easily dismissed.
Huh?
Yeah. Um, it seems that when people meet me, they have no trouble just saying, “nice to meet you,” and then going away. They are polite, even friendly, but not in that you’re-somebody-I-want-to-know kind of way. I have had people tell me to my face they didn’t want to be friends with [...]

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One more nail. Gimme that danged hammer.

I have a lot of demons. Some I nurse carefully, unwilling to just banish the freakin’ things because they are so comfotable, and say such nice things just when I need to hear them most. Funny how they do that, huh. Just to keep their spot. Others, I battle on a daily/hourly/minutely basis. I am [...]

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The Coast is Clear

The large rat that Spooky brought in a few nights ago and lost in my house? walked into the living room tonight.
Captured, removed. Mission accomplished.
It could be worse, of course. A friend of mine has an 5- or 6-foot rattlesnake in the woods next to his house. Somebody saw it crossing his driveway. He has [...]

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Deja Vu, All Over Again

After my last adventure into the great jungle that IS my kitchen, I spent several hours on the net trying to reassure myself that I had done the right thing in releasing the little snake back into the wild. I was not overly comforted, since I really never found a pic that showed my little [...]

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No, no, no, no, NOoo!

I am not afraid of much.
I hate cockroaches, but i am not really AFRAID of them. I catch mice with my bare hands, and all manner of slimy and non-slimy things just make me blink.
When I find something in my house that coils up and comes after me? Not so much happy anymore.
The cats..God love [...]

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Oh, dear LORD.

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Zoe!

The first Zoe was made in 1853, and had no pedals.
Zoe can’t drink – she absorbs water from her surroundings by osmosis.
The only planet that rotates on its side is Zoe!
It’s bad luck for a flag to touch Zoe.
Zoe is the oldest playable musical instrument in the world.
It takes more [...]

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Things I didn’t say today. Again.

*Are you out of your freakin’ MIND?! That? is the most asinine thing I have ever heard.
*I CAME to Shangri-LaLa because YOU said you were gonna be there. And you couldn’t even call to say you weren’t coming? Thanks. Again.
*Could we have fewer blondes at this table, please? You-look! Something shiny!
*Just TELL me, dangit! I was [...]

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5 things

I saw this on a blog, and thought, “easy post.” So here.
5 things in my closet: 50-yr-old mink-trimmed wool coat, several pairs of insulated drapes, a 1995 “Belkie Bear,” an opened card table, an egg-carton mattress pad thingy, still in the plastic
5 things in my fridge: an empty squeeze-mayo bottle, half of a watermelon, part [...]

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Stuff.

Some random thoughts.
I LOVE stickers.
I also love rice krispy treats.
I got a text message tonight that declared, “Ur a hoochie!”
Recently, a waitress at a place that rhymes with “Dooby Ruesdays” called me “sir” for the duration of a meal. No one else at the table noticed. I thought I was imagining it, but I listened [...]

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Forward, Ho!!

So just how DOES one start over at 40? Step one, I think, is to stay up late enough to rescue the three-month-old rabbit kit the cats brought home to torture. Step two is to find someone who has no stake in your emotional stability to tell you how wonderful you are. Step three is [...]

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