Okay, I’ve been processing my pastor’s sermon from yesterday, and I can’t get my thoughts straight enough for public consumption. To make up for that, I’ll do something for you that never fails to make my dog happy. Peanut tends to know when there’s a squirrel within a four-block radius, but he occasionally misses one. …
One Blade of Grass at a Time
I have absolutely zero experience with power lawn mowers, and my reel mower is only about 10% effective. I was more or less okay with that percentage until my neighbor mowed my front yard two days after I mowed it. So armed with my total lack of mechanical knowledge and a few words of advice…
To Do
I recently painted an unused door with chalkboard paint and have been using it primarily as a list spot. I’m starting to regret that particular use of the space. Here are a few of the things posted on it for my day off tomorrow: buy work pants that actually fit buy lawn mower and edger…
Sleeping in Breakfast
I’m 26 years old, and I expected to have full control over my sleeping habits by now. I don’t. I was awake at 6:15, at 6:24, and at 7:01. They didn’t seem like good times to wake up, and leaving the house at 8 wasn’t all that motivational until 7:27, when I finally crawled out…
A Drizzly Dog Walk and the Case of the Lone Tennis Ball
It’s still rainy.* On our morning walk today, Peanut and I made futile attempts to stay dry. My tactic was to wear a raincoat, his was to walk on the sidewalk to avoid rubbing his belly through wet grass. He lasted about 5 seconds before something in the grass smelled irresistible. Anyway, we were walking…
Treehouse Naps
There’s something just right about a rainy day at the library. Getting out of bed is kind of a struggle (and that’s an understatement, since you could say that I have “kind of a struggle” getting out of bed every day), but once you’ve made it from the cocoon of pillows and sheets to the…
Good Things Day
This is a completely random (and incomplete) collection of good things about today. I woke up early enough to get coffee and make it to the morning meeting with minutes to spare. As you can see, Arg was really getting into his new copy of Wuthering Heights during breakfast: There was a pie (among other…
Small, but valuable. 