We decided this was a good day to take down the tree. A couple years ago, we tossed the box the tree came in (finally) and replaced it with large Rubbermaid containers. Best decision ever. We have three containers: Two hold the tree and the third holds the ornaments. It works out very nicely.
Mattie and I took advantage of the day and took the dogs for a nice, long run along the abandoned railroad tracks. This is my favorite place to take the dogs for a run, because there, they never seem to get into trouble. One of these days, I am going to have to take my GPS and see how far I am actually walking. I wonder if you get bonus miles for having to climb over fallen trees? As far as Mattie and I walked, they traveled three times as far. They like to run ahead, then run back to us, then run back ahead, again. When we got home, the dogs crashed pretty completely. I think Mattie wanted to crash, too... but I didn't let her.
We have had the doors open all day. The shadows finally got long and the temp outside started dropping, so we finally had to shut the doors, but isn't it wonderful to air the house out in January?
You know those sticky things that you throw against the wall and watch "walk" back down? Yeah? Don't ever, EVER (!) throw one at the ceiling. Mark had somehow never seen one before, so when Nicole gave me one at Easter, he had to play with it. However, having no experience with them, he kind of... well... threw it straight up. And it stuck. Several times since then, he has made various attempts to remove this big yellow blob from our ceiling, but to no avail. Today, however, he was really making progress. The blob was only hanging by a little bit, and he made one more attempt to hook it and pull it down, but instead of coming down, it "bounced" back up and stuck, better than ever, and in a new spot, which means the "grease stain" on the ceiling will soon be much bigger.
For those of you still suffering from the flu or respiratory infections, I learned yesterday, from one of my Physical Therapy friends, that when you blow your nose, you should blow one nostril at a time. Apparently, when you blow both sides at once, you can actually blow germs and bacteria from one side to the other? Or maybe to other places in your respiratory system? Anyway, just blow one side at a time. Seems like an easy enough thing to do. And wash your hands... frequently. I saw a piece on TV in which a school nurse put glitter on the table, set her hands in it, then went about touching various things. Guess what? Pretty soon, everything was glittery. It is easy to forget how vulnerable we all are to disease. So eat well, drink lots and lots of water, and take care of yourself. As far as I can tell, just about everyone has had this crud or are sick right now, which seems to indicate it won't be long until it has burned through new victims and we can all breath a sigh of relief.
Today's blog seems a bit like my mood has been; slightly disjointed and unsettled. I guess it must just be the weather, or something, but nothing has seemed to "flow" for me today. Mid-January blues? Maybe, but I would have thought being out in the sunshine and fresh air would have helped. Maybe it is an early case of Spring Fever. In that case, God help me in March. Talk about random ramblings!
Have a great night, and enjoy your family tomorrow. I shall do much better next time!
You know those sticky things that you throw against the wall and watch "walk" back down? Yeah? Don't ever, EVER (!) throw one at the ceiling. Mark had somehow never seen one before, so when Nicole gave me one at Easter, he had to play with it. However, having no experience with them, he kind of... well... threw it straight up. And it stuck. Several times since then, he has made various attempts to remove this big yellow blob from our ceiling, but to no avail. Today, however, he was really making progress. The blob was only hanging by a little bit, and he made one more attempt to hook it and pull it down, but instead of coming down, it "bounced" back up and stuck, better than ever, and in a new spot, which means the "grease stain" on the ceiling will soon be much bigger.
For those of you still suffering from the flu or respiratory infections, I learned yesterday, from one of my Physical Therapy friends, that when you blow your nose, you should blow one nostril at a time. Apparently, when you blow both sides at once, you can actually blow germs and bacteria from one side to the other? Or maybe to other places in your respiratory system? Anyway, just blow one side at a time. Seems like an easy enough thing to do. And wash your hands... frequently. I saw a piece on TV in which a school nurse put glitter on the table, set her hands in it, then went about touching various things. Guess what? Pretty soon, everything was glittery. It is easy to forget how vulnerable we all are to disease. So eat well, drink lots and lots of water, and take care of yourself. As far as I can tell, just about everyone has had this crud or are sick right now, which seems to indicate it won't be long until it has burned through new victims and we can all breath a sigh of relief.
Today's blog seems a bit like my mood has been; slightly disjointed and unsettled. I guess it must just be the weather, or something, but nothing has seemed to "flow" for me today. Mid-January blues? Maybe, but I would have thought being out in the sunshine and fresh air would have helped. Maybe it is an early case of Spring Fever. In that case, God help me in March. Talk about random ramblings!
Have a great night, and enjoy your family tomorrow. I shall do much better next time!
One nostril at a time huh? That is an interesting set of words. Random which is quite appropriate I think.
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