Early. Much too early!

It is Saturday. One of the days you get to sleep in. And I wake up at 5:00 a.m.
and can't go back to sleep. It is cold and rainy outside and inside seems a very
nice place to be. I don't see anything exciting planned for the weekend. It seems
I will be cleaning for two days. I never seem to get caught up with laundry, no matter
how long, how many loads, etc. I believe it grows over night and unless you do
it all and have not one dirty item in the whole house, it breeds. Figure the odds
that I can get every single dirty thing clean in two days. I lose.

Kansas has been eating things off the counter tops in the middle of the night.
She doesn't want to come up stairs like she normally does when we go to bed.
Lurking on the couch, she waits until she thinks we are asleep (and we usually
are). The other night she ate a tray of muffins. Last night she scarfed
up a pan of cornbread. Well, she didn't eat it all, but has shaved it into
the Grand Canyon with her teeth. She must have been very careful as it is
a glass cake pan and she didn't drag it off on the floor. Reminder to one's
self: Make sure never to leave anything on the counter that is edible to
a dog.
Second note to self: Never leave pantry door open unless you want to wake
up to a kitchen floor covered in trash.
Sigh

Third note to self: Never ever again have a white linoleum floor in the
kitchen unless you like muddy dog prints.

Happy Halloween!

Ready or not......

It has snowed over the past couple of days. Temps are in the 30's at night and the old familiar sound of the furnace is being heard once more. Not long ago we had the air conditioner on because it was so hot.

I am not ready for this. The leaves have not changed colors yet and are falling still green. One day I have the fan on at my desk, and the next day my toes are cold.

I was not ready for this. I haven't cleaned the cabin (usually done in the early part of November), I hardly got to go fishing this summer, I want to see the colors of fall.
Instead, the ground has been white. Where did fall go? Or do we just not get one
this year?

I insist I have a couple more weekends up north. I insist that I get to smell the
dry leaf smell of fall. I insist that I am not ready for winter.

Someone had better listen.

Some good, some bad

The game last night was truly amazing! It was hard for me
to just sit and watch. Sort of like a scary movie that you
know something "thrilling" is going to happen so you can't sit
still. I am not a big "sports" person, and perhaps you would
call me a fair weather fan, but the Twins made the game
so exciting that I think even the worst of fans would have
been glued to the TV.

On the other hand, my boss just told me that her 50 year old
aunt had died last night. She died from an asthma attack.
In this day and age, asthma is manageable, but she was unemployed
and had no money for medication. This
is truly a tragedy. Especially when so many are out of
jobs with no medical insurance. This is what the fight is
for and I am sure her family doesn't care about the Democrats
or Republicans petty fighting. This should not have ever
happened. There should be safe guards for exactly this
type of situation.

So sad.

Sweeping out the spider webs

I can't believe I have not posted for months. It has been a crazy busy summer and
my mind has been pretty blank. But, its the season for reflection and the clearing out
of mundane things.

Its early, not yet 5 a.m. And pouring rain. The temp is 41 degrees outside and
I really do not want to go out into it. But, sometimes when we feel like stalling,
if we lean forward, we have to take that first step or fall down.

So, I am leaning forward, and off I go........