I Got Nothin'

Thank you for such a warm welcome back!

I've been sitting here in my living room, savoring a delicious latte as I listen to a gentle storm passing through the area.

We've sure had our share of the rain up in here.

I've got my yoga video queued up and I'll be unrolling the yoga mat in a moment.

I've sat down a few times to write a blog, and well...

I got nothin'.

The beauty of nothing new.

I'm embracing it.

In actuality - there's a lot new - but it just doesn't seem noteworthy.

I'm more about listening than talking these days.

I've downsized the chickens.

Yep.

I have 7 now.

I'm liking it.

I can dote on them again.

It was hard to spread my affection between nearly 20 hens.

I don't know how the Duggars do it.

The gardens continue to be under construction, or perhaps more accurately - deconstruction.  No sooner do I close one up - I fight the urge to make a new one elsewhere.

Glenco is great, Aaron is swell.

I'd have to start thinking hard to find something to complain about.

Word on the street is that I'm flat out tired.

If I'm honest - I'd say I've caught myself resenting summer this year.

I shan't have it.

I think I'm more menopausal than I'd care to admit.

I feel that in ways my eyes have been opened to my manic, yet endearing views of life.

My 'go big or go home' ways of living have caught up to me.

I bet I've apologized to, and thanked Glenco a hundred times in the month of June.

I've thanked him for all the hard work he's done around here, and apologized for how often I've changed things - over and over.  I keep promising him that this downsizing is for real - and will stick - and I dasn't plan on changing my mind about it.

No, really, I don't.

"Go small and stay home" is my new mantra!

I just wanted to drop in today and tell you I was thinking of you all - and let you know how much I appreciate you!  Please know that I as I go through my daily routines around here, I think of you all and smile - 

Til soon...

Up From the Dead She Arose

 

Have you wondered where I was?

Did you think some evil befell me?

Were you having visions of the chickens pecking at my decaying carcass?

 

: -)

 

I'm here - and very, very well!

 

There's going to be heaps to catch up on - but I just wanted you to know -

I live.

 

Just over a month ago - my laptop gave up the ghost.

 

Replacing it, or repairing it was low on my list of priorities - so I just closed it and put it away.

 

I pulled out my old defunct cell phone and tried to stay somewhat connected through that - but it was such a pain.in.the.butt.

I tried in vain about four times to put a one sentence blog post up letting you guys know what was up.

 

Thank you for your comments and emails!

 

A blog reader from California, sweet Mary Jo - heard about my plight on Facebook.

She had a dream in which she sent me a laptop.

Upon waking - she sent me an email saying that she felt she was supposed to send me one.

 

I hemmed and hawed a bit - not knowing if I could/should accept such a generous gift - and how would she feel if I didn't blog - but just sat around and ate Cheetos and surfed Pinterest?

 

I thought perhaps I was done blogging.

I was enjoying my season of being unplugged.

 

Then, one morning whilst making the bed - I had a blog post burning in my duodenum that I felt needed to get typed out.  I even had a title for it "Chasing the Noodle".

 

I accepted her offer.

 

This beautiful laptop I'm typing up on is nicer than anything I could have purchased for m'self.

It literally just came out the box, and here I sit - pecking feverishly, letting y'all know I'm alive.

 

Do you know that feeling you have after you've slept in a strange bed for a few nights?

How good your own bed feels?

 

That's how my fingers feel right now typing up on a real keyboard!

 

I'll catch up with you in the days ahead.

 

I've missed you.

 

 

 

PS - I apologize for any technical errors this post seems to have - I have to do some figuring on here....