Grrrr.
Left the house with a cloud of blue above me (um...my language was a tad salty. Hey, I worked production in a machine shop for 18 months. I earned every one of those blue words). But I still had a Christmas CD on in my car so by the time I hit the high school (about a minute into my grocery store commute), I had cheered up considerably. The fact that the roads had been heavily salted and were merely wet made my joy complete.
Still, I thought I deserved a treat for braving the winter chill and stocking up on supplies in case we were snowed in for a month. Important stuff like cat treats, cat litter, gummy orange slices, ham hocks and guitar strings.
I wasn't about to treat myself to a package of Vienna Fingers or Nutter Butter cookies. One of the hazards of authordom is a widening buttox, from which I already suffer greatly. So, I stayed right out of the cookie aisle. But still, I deserved a treat for mushing to the store to keep my tiny family (two people and four cats) from starvation.
And then I saw it (actually THEM): Two twirly racks of SEEDS
.
Seeds!!!!!
Seeds mean spring is coming. Seeds mean life returns to the once-frozen earth. Seeds mean veggies fresh from the garden.
Only . . . I couldn't decide what to get, and it's really far too early to start plants for outside. So I settled on a package of cilantro. Weee, I'm planting cilantro that can live happily on my kitchen window sill! When I have leaves, I can cut them and put it on my Aloo Matar! I could toss it on a taco! Weeee!
Today my mother has a doctor's appointment and she was told it would take at least 90 minutes. As designated daughter, it's my duty to take her there. But I have errands to run. I'm heading to K-Mart for long underwear (if they still have any). Got a post office run to make. And, the craft store has stickers on sale for a buck!
Yes, you know your life is boring when $1 stickers can actually entice you.
And when I get back, I'll jump back into the book. There's a teensy problem with . . . oops--can't say it. Spoiler alert!
What tiny thing in your life brings you joy that can compare to $1 stickers?
$1 stickers are great! I am supposed to take a meal to friend who's in poor health, but the snow is coming down, down , down and the hubby says "STAY HOME". So I'll have to feed her family tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteOh - Hahahaha -My word verification is "rantste". Maybe I should have ranted more!
Fat quarters! I love those little pieces of fabric. Beautiful rectangles to blend with other fabrics to make quilts for my family and friends.
ReplyDeleteWith another 5" of the blasted white stuff on the ground, what makes ME do whoopies! and yah-hooos! is: NASCAR is back on TV!!! (OK, granted it's only testing, there's no race tomorrow, but it's NASCAR!!! And they are at DAYTONA!!) What can I say, I'm simple-minded. (Uh ... keep the sniggering comments to a minimum, please.) It's all relative -- NASCAR to me is like cilantro seeds to you. And hooray for SOMETHING that makes the winter blues go away foe us ... even for a little while. :-)
ReplyDeleteBuying a book that I've been dying to read and finding the perfect color combination of fat quarters.
ReplyDeleteGetting a new shipment of books in at the library. I don't know which is more fun - placing the order and opening the box - ok, opening the box because the books are right there in front of you.
ReplyDeleteWhere can I purchase autographed copies of your books? I would like to get one for myself and one to give away on my blog in February. I'm hoping to be able to attend one of your book signings some day, if I'm ever in the right location.
ReplyDeleteNo bookstore has ever asked me to sign books so they can sell them via the mail. But I do offer (at no cost to my readers) signed bookplates. Tell me what books you want them for and I'll mailed them to you. (Don't forget your snail mail address.)
ReplyDelete