My Random Thoughts

Its been almost 2 months since we moved. Generally, I think it’s fairly organized. There are some boxes we’ve chosen not to unpack (such as the china). I have unpacked all of my office supplies and craft materials, BUT I still can not find my 2 camera lenses. I know exactly where they were if I were still living in Florida. They would be on the 2nd shelf, near the back of the closet. They would be in the gray Nikon box. They are still in the gray Nikon box, but at the moment, i have no clue where they, snuggled comfortably, or the gray Nikon box is. At this point, I know it’s in a green and white storage box with the lid on. I remember that the lid fit correctly. I didn’t have any wobbles in it.

So find the green and white storage box, you say…..yeah, so all of my yarn and all of my decorations are also stored in green and white storage boxes with the lids on. Oh, yeah and my computer cables and parts, oh yeah, and my craft supplies. That makes many many green and white storage boxes to go through.

I’ve started though! Currently I can safely say that it’s not in the closet where I have my office supplies…..or is it? That just spurred a thought. I do remember putting that happy little gray Nikon box on a shelf, I think, or was it when I was in Florida? Hence why i’m having an adventure in moving!

And then, once again, i discovered that I seriously have more yarn than any single human should be allowed to have. It’s an illness. The worst part is the number of unlabled balls that are hanging out in the closet mixing with the pedigreed balls. Some of them I can tell by feel are wool, but is it superwash wool (meaning it won’t shrink in the washer) or is it not? Others feel silky to the touch, but it could be microspun acrylic. Perfect for that baby blanket, but I’m not sure if it is or not. Oh how young and naive I was in my early stash enhancement days. Little did i know!

So, step one is to look in the office supply closet, top shelf once again, Step One complete, no gray box. Step 2 is to go through every stinking green and white storage box I can find! and relabel to reflect their current contents.

Wish me luck …. oh and the comment about having too much yarn, don’t tell Jeff. i’m going to a yarn show at the end of April.

Wow - I knew the talked and they communicated to each other, but I’ve just seen actual communication that I could translate!

My printer was out of paper. I pulled a new ream out of the box of paper. Since there were only a few left, I pulled the rest of the reams out and put the empty box by the craft closet. It’s a nice size, and I can use it to store things.  Wootle comes in the room, goes over to the box and starts meowing. Thinking she was looking for me (silly me) I call her over. She spends a few minutes snuggling with me before she jumps down and walks out of the room.

I hear her meowing down the hall, a few seconds later in comes Wootle and Nut. Nut jumps in the box and Wootle hovers around it meowing more. I think what happened was this…..

Wootle: Hey, what’s this, Nut, come here

Me: I’m right here kitty

Wootle: Geez, whatever <snuggle, purr, snuggle - leaves>

Wootle: Nut, seriously, you need to see this <both enter the room, Nut jumps in the box>

Wootle: What is it?

Nut: its a box, it’s kinda small, but yeah, it’s a box. You could sit in it. I’m going back to bed

Wootle: What’s a box? Nut? Shesh <she walks over to the chair, jumps on it and procedes to bathe>

I’m so impressed with myself!

WOW - weekends really do go too quickly. Saturday I had a cat sitter come over to decide who we’re going to use. Then we went to lunch and went to a new yarn store (YES YARN) in Anderson. WOW - LOVE THE STORE! LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!! Can’t wait to go back.  That took most of Saturday. Saturday night I fought with the computer, the computer won.

Sunday was a very lazy day. I crafted all day, crocheted, sewed, beaded and had the best time. I want to keep going on my crafts, but alas, it’s now Monday and I need to get back to work. <SIGH>, there are always evenings. Tomorrow is my book club meeting, but the rest of the week can be a crafting bonanza.

Guess I better get back to work.

First for the fun….I managed to get Champagne to walk on a leash. I kid you not. She’s been wanting to go outside since we got here and she’ll often sneak out if we open a door. I got a harness and a leash. It took a couple of times to figure out exactly how it’s supposed to fit on her, but now that I figured that out, I got her in it today and took her for a walk on the deck. Ok, she took me for a walk on the patio, but overall it turned out pretty well. I think I’ll take her out in the yard tomorrow and see how that goes.

Now for the rant…..Table for 12? Hello TLC, how many of these mega family shows are you going to have? And why do you think we care? I haven’t watched any of the shows so far and I’m not going to watch this one. ARGH

Current Mood: Angry

I read Message in a Bottle - and I SOBBED through the end of the book. I saw the movie, I sobbed through the end of the movie, heck, I cried at the trailer! Luckily I saw the movie on cable in the seclusion of my hotel room.  How could an author who captures the emotion of a situation so equisitely not allow it to end happily? Is that so much to ask?

I heard things about the Notebook. I didn’t read it. I didn’t see the movie, I didn’t want to know.  I saw the ads for Night in Rodanthe. Gee, it looked like it could end happily. I read Sparks bio, trying to get to know the author better, hmmm, maybe there could be happiness after all. I liked the sound track and so I took the plunge and rented the movie on itunes. I’m so happy I only spent $3 on the rental, I don’t ever want to watch that movie again.  What a horribly tragic ending. The only thing that would have been worse is if the chick would have thrown herself off of the pier.

I’m now convinced he just holds some petty jealousy inside that he wont’ allow any of his character to live happily ever after. Does his own reality suck that he has to take it out on some poor fictional character? Why couldn’t  Paul have come back from South America and made a life with Adrianne? There could have been some final tension with the ex or with the kids.  Not only was it a horrible ending, but now this fictional character is ruined forever. If she found her one true love, the love that made her want to be better than she was, the love that made her think anything was possible, she’s going to think that no one will ever measure up to the memory of him. There may be someone else out there who is even better, but now that he’s gone, after she built up the reunion so much, she will never get beyond that memory and find happiness. Of course she is a fictional character, so perhaps it doesn’t matter…..but perhaps it does.

The snow event the news called for happened! I think we got about 2 inches, based on what the patio table looks like. I haven’t put a ruler in it yet. The world is a blanket of white. If I had been feeling better last night, i think I would have taken a walk while the fluffy flakes were coming down, but instead I enjoyed it from the inside.

Jeff was on the phone with his boss last night. They were trying to decide what to do about work today. All of the schools in the area are closed. Everyone is celebrating SNOW DAY….. well, most everyone….Jeff went to work. He has a 4WD and lives 3 miles from work, doesn’t give him much excuse to not make it in to work. I, on the other hand, have NO excuse. That has to be the only drawback with working from home. I’ll try calling in for a snow day, but I’m sure I’ll be laughed off the phone.

The interstate is backed up in a few spots.  We’re in the foothills, but it starts getting steep quickly. There is one hill the trucks just can’t get up. There are a number of jackknifed trucks and I heard there is even one upside down. That would have been something to go through.

The funniest thing about all of this is that by Friday it’s supposed to be a high of 70. From Snow to 70 in 5 short days! Maybe instead of a snow day I’ll take a SUN day!

Current Mood: Playful

The forecast was calling for a storm today - and they were predicting heavy snow for Spartanburg. I laughed. All of the PR brochures said that this area gets a TOTAL of an inch a year. They are calling for four inches in this storm. Yeah yeah, sure sure. We know how forecasters are.

Jeff and I went out to get some dinner this afternoon. I was feeling better, the rain had slowed down….2 of the 3 local places we were thinking about going were closed. Hmmm, strange. Of course, it is the Bible Belt, so who knows if they are even open on Sunday evenings. As we were driving to the diner, the rain started turning to snow. There was one other couple in the place. I’m thinking this is a truly paranoid area. Of course, this is coming from a half-back damn Yankee, so what do I know?

About the time I was just about half way through my sandwich, I saw some movement near all of the wait staff. Hard not to, since we were the only customers in there and previous to that, they were sitting around talking. The owners were shutting down early so the girls didn’t get ’snowed in’. SNOWED IN? Hello, it wasn’t even cold enough yet to start laying. Granted, the weather was going to get worse, so it was probably a smart idea, but I don’t think we’re going to get snowed in.  Then again, this is South Carolina.

On our way home we were joking about stocking up on the essentials since were going to be snowed in. As we drove past the grocery store, yup, the parking lot was packed! So predictable.

It has started to stick: I’ll be excited to see what this looks like tomorrow morning. When I opened the door to take the picture, even Champagne was smart enough to stay inside. She stuck her nose out to see what was going on, but she didn’t go beyond just sniffing the air. And here I used to say she was dumb. Guess there are some brains in that little head.

Time to turn on the news and see what panic they are spouting!

Current Mood: Sickly

Happy March?  Man, I’ve been battling something for the last week. And still battling. I have the cough, and the sniffles but the cough is the worst part.

And we’re having a winter storm. I think I’d rather see snow, since the rain is just cold and seeps into your bones (and the house). It rained all day yesterday, it’s raining all day today and rumor has it (in the form of the weather forecaster) that it will be snow tonight. THAT will be something to see….snow, whodathunk it!

The only good thing about this cold is that I’m getting jeffy to do the grocery shopping this week. I do sound like crap, even if I do say so myself.

time for more tea

Jeff and I went out to lunch after church yesterday. I think it hit us both that this was our life now. This wasn’t vacation, this wasn’t just passing through, this was our life. The deal closed on Friday (the 13th no less) and we no longer owned a home at that point.  We keep looking at each other, pointing fingers (like the angry monkey) and saying RENTER!  If we were in NYC we’d be trendy - renting is the in thing now. Probably only because no one can qualify or afford to buy, but those interviewed say its because life moves so fast that they don’t want to be tied down by anything. Yeah, right, whatever

Now that’s its officially gone, we’re starting to look for our next home. Given what it took for us to get out of the Florida house, it will be a year before we’re ready to buy again. At the rate I’m going, that will be about the time I’ve finished unpacking. When they put all of the boxes in here, it seemed like a lot and I mean a LOT, even to me. As I’ve been putting things away and moving the boxes out, it really doesn’t seem like we have tons of stuff. Yes, the garage does not have our cars in it, but in that defense, there are bulky items in there.

So, back to this being our life. Yes, this is it and I’m thrilled. I love the area, the people are nice (that I’ve met so far), I like having a 2 story house, I like the hills and mountains and trees. I’m looking forward to spring and wearing a spring dress to church. Everything just feels ‘right’ I wish I could explain it better, but ‘right’ is about the only thing I can say.

On that note, back to unpacking.

Current Mood: Happy

Mom said a couple of times that the thought of moving just made her cringe. She’d rather just leave it all and start over. I get why she feels that way. The moving wasn’t bad, the unpacking is a bitch! I have stuff everyplace and no where near enough space for everything. I think it’s time to start sorting through things again and decide what i can get rid of in all areas, starting with the kitchen!

There is not one room that doesn’t have boxes or packing paper or things that don’t belong there. We did get the important stuff unpacked - computer and printers are up, so I can work, TV is up so we can watch Daytona today, bed is found so we can sleep and the bathroom is stocked so we can shower. I’m close to having the living room finished, but even that will take a while.

The mattress has been ordered and will be here on Tuesday! YAY. We also settled on a bedroom suite, which also arrives on Tuesday. It has more drawers than we currently have, so hopefully that will help us sort things out better as well. I pity the guys who have to deliver it and then the guys who have to move it. It’s solid wood.

Today will be more kitchen sorting while watching Daytona with Jeff, along with some knitting and crocheting. I’m working on a scarf, but I need to find my other projects so I get some variety.

On that note…back to the unpacking.