Size 9’s and sort of sloppy vs. size 5’s and…better?
Things have quieted down at work just a little (insert knock on wood here). At least today I got a chance to take a breath and catch up.
I might be going to a conference in Scottsdale in March. The desert in March is not a bad thing.
Warm.
Dry.
Yep. I’ll go.
I’m renouncing traditional Christmas. Sure, I will do the Christmas Eve thing with my kids so as not to trounce yet another of their traditions. But Christmas day is mine, all mine. I will knit and watch movies and nap. I think my mother and her boyfriend (the word ‘boyfriend’ over the age of 24 is absurd, but ‘lover’ is way too much information and ‘partner’ is just weird, so ‘boyfriend’ it is) have the right idea in driving up north on Christmas day and draping pine trees with stringed popcorn and cranberries for the wildlife. I think a feast for the birds and squirrels out back, and maybe some apples in the woods for the deer is a good idea. Can’t forget the little beasties who share the earth with us.
Then my ‘boyfriend’ (see above) and I might go see a movie, and call it a day.
If I can remember to take a few minutes between now and then to just sit still and breathe, it might be all right, after all.
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Look what I found in the bookcase last night. The LCPL in Afghanistan, back in…what…2003? No…2004.
Hard to remember. Look at that gun. Just the picture scares me. I can’t imagine my child actually using it. But. He still loves guns, and he loves firing. My daughter tells a story how this summer he was target shooting with his father, got down on the ground, assumed the “position” (whatever that is) and fired straight into the bullseye. Causing his father to frown and say, “hmmmmm.”
Sort of like, “ruh roh! Baby boy’s done gone and grown up. Now what.”
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Tonight’s cat activity shot is…Harrison at his post, between the slats of the blinds, keeping watch on the backyard. Because you never know what might be going on back there…
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The two sides of Harrison P. Cat. Or…
…how can a creature this sweet…
…look this damned evil?
