It got up and went

My get up and go, that is. Gone.

Today appears to be a day off work (I say "appears" because in this line of business, you never know what will pop up) and I have NO MOTIVATION WHATSOEVER TO DO ANYTHING.

I took out some composting and cleaned the cat boxes, swept the floors, but that's the extent of my productivity.

It's a warm and hazy day, almost a REAL SUMMER DAY. But still I have no inspiration.

I just lined up a ride for tomorrow with a new neighbour, however. We're going to the next other semi-large town -- OK, I guess it's officially a city -- to look at blinds. And to get my stupid cell phones reprogrammed at last; we haven't even used them yet because they gave us the wrong area code!

It's about time that the pace of work slowed down, because there are so many things I should be attending to, and haven't had time.

Update, for those who care: It was one of those days when you really have to force yourself to accomplish tasks, one at a time. Ever have a day like that?

I got quite a bit done, though.

The Belle of May

I managed to translate that poem for the client.

What a relief!

In the end, I worked best under pressure, and got it done with a pretty nice olde englishe flourish, with such words as 'neath.

Monday is shaping up as incredibly busy plus a very grouchy teenager. Thank the universe he has gone out for a few hours.

*grunt*

Mother Teresa of the birds and cats

A lovely little grey cat, very skittish, made my acquaintance tonight -- or should I say, early this morning.

Mikey the Mighty Hunter brought him home.

Second kitty he has led back to the house. The first one was a cute little orange boy. Quite shy. Good for him, because I tend to want to steal orange kittehs.

This latest one is ravenous, I put out a bowl of food (dry!) and he's wolfing it.

I think I mentioned before that I dream often of small animals. Kittens seem to be prominent, but birds are, too.

Animal spirits.

Planning

I forgot to call my brother pmg on his birthday.

And I've been so good about remembering birthdays all year. I plead the fifth (moving day) in this case.

Belated happy birthday, little bro!

Rom's birthday is in a couple of weeks. ::sigh::

I bought some pink pearls on eBay, CHEAP! And I will make her a necklace.

I had planned some other gifts, but the ungrateful wench doesn't deserve them. I think I will give them to other people.

It might be YOU. Be nice to me until May 27th.

A good day, in spite of ...

As I posted on the other blog, I did windows, wiped log walls, and cleaned/polished furniture at rom's today.

She never said a word to me.

But she managed to send me two underhanded little digs through our friend Brian who was with us today, which reinforces my astonishment at the utter negativity of this woman.

The rest of the day was much nicer. I went to Wallymart and bought a pair of cheap sandals. (Then again... what is not cheap at Walmart? How redundant of me.) I also got a really CUTE cheap little bracelet and some cheap Hanes underwear!

As I walked back home I looked, as always, at the rolling fields to the west. Used to be someone's really big farm. Now divvied up for commercial purposes. That always makes me sad. But I also always hope that the farmer(s) got a great big whack of money for the land they sold.

Immediately north of Walmart begins more farmland that has mostly been untouched, and Jersey cows who lounge by the fence, mere feet from the zoom-zoom of the modern auto. I love that.

Speaking of autos, Lachute seems to be a magnet for the vintage car crowd. I've been visiting these parts since 2001 (4 years before moving into rom's house) and I cannot really understand the vintage car population. Unless there's some major annual show? Possible.

I saw a Charger today that made me say "wow!" out loud. And I'm not a Charger kinda girl. This thing was mint. Throaty, but doing the 50 km maximum speed limit (!!).

That's pretty much it for today. I love this second blog, it's sort of my overflow-blog for the extras I forget to say on the main blog.

How did YOU spend your Saturday? What's the weather like? It's still frikkin chilly here. Stupid wind and dampness won't go away.

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Ten things you don't know about me

My SIL tagged me for this meme, so here goes.

1) There's a spot on my scalp where, if I use a hairbrush hard on it, I sneeze.
2) I like the shape of my nose.
3) I could eat lasagna every day.
4) I am partial to men with dark hair and dark eyes.
5) My longest celibate streak was eight years.
6) Water makes me burp.
7) I dream about small animals, usually cats and dogs, almost every night.
8) As a teen, I wanted to be a rock star.
9) I have an uncanny ability for remembering phone numbers.
10) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is my all-time idol.