A Piece of Prayer

With the world as it is today, I know that many people, probably all, are in need of prayers. The agenda each night before sleep seems to be getting longer by day.

For the last two and a half months or so, I've been feeling under the weather. I've had abdominal pain, or more of a discomfort, a distressing nuisance. The problem is that it is almost non-stop and has recently been accompanied with nausea. I have been doctoring, but that is a whole lot of 'hurry up, and wait'. I have a few tests underway and if nothing turns up with these, we will continue to search for answers.

At this point, it seems to be a guessing and testing game; it could be one of many different things. Although I look just fine from the outside, this is affecting me on so many different levels. I ask anyone willing, to put me in as a piece of their prayers.

A Day Late and A Comma Short

I would guess most of you are not aware that yesterday was National Punctuation Day Dont believe me check it out www dot nationalpunctuationday dot com I had no idea until a friend at work sent me the link because she thought of me I wasnt sure exactly why it triggered thoughts of me however I know I really like to use commas ellipsis and the like to get my point across as close to the way I would speak it So for a gift on National Punctuation Day a day late I have decided to give all punctuations a day off or at least a blog off It is one of those things we may take for granted and maybe a day without will remind us that sometimes too much is better than too little

Soderama

Having a nice big yard was our first reason for moving out to Z-town and after a little over 3 years since the big move, we finally have it! I couldn't be happier about this.

Thank you to everyone who helped us with this considerable project (although I know they're not all avid LL readers). It literally would not have been possible without the help we received from family and friends. And not only did they provide excellent help, they made the day a much more momentous one for us.

BigCat finally has a happy wifey with her long awaited lawn. I'm feeling revived and much less overwhelmed by the yard tasks up next. I think the following projects will be more fun and rewarding. It's amazing the difference a zillion green blades of grass make... check it out!!

Cup-A-Joe

For the first time ever, I had myself some homemade coffee on my way into work this morning, and let me just say, it was de.light.ful! For years now I have treated myself to a Frozen Caramel from Panera a couple times a month. On these days I am either fueling up for craziness at work or starting my day out happy with hopes it would end that way too. At 5 bucks a pop, I thought maybe I should consider buying a good coffee of my own to experiment with. And with fall rolling in, what better time than now to see if I like the hot stuff as much as the cold.

I set the 'Delay Brew' last night to have it ready just in time for my voyage in. There was a wonderful smell seeping from the kitchen as I readied myself. Ahhh. And bonus, a little caffeine jolt at dawn truly seems to go a long way. Maybe I've started something here, and maybe all my mornings will be a little brighter with a Cup-A-Joe.

(Thanks to Jo for the unintended recommendation and to Mom for always telling me coffee drinking didn't start til 30 (for her anyway). I didn't believe you and thought I'd never get there, but after one little bird and 30 growing nearer, sure enough...)

Just to blog

I've been having trouble with my postings lately... nothing is striking a chord to be written about. Maybe part of it is that my mood matches the weather of this past weekend... rainy, gloomy, grey. That makes writing a bit more difficult.

I am however wearing a darling pair of dragonfly shoes today (thanks Babbe!). That makes me feel a bit happier.

Also, I've been in search of a new hair girl and continue to fail. BigCat prefers that I no longer drive out to my main gal (it's approximately 50+ miles, so I don't blame him), but finding a good one for a short-do is exhausting. I have now given 4 girls in the area a try, some were horrible, others okay, but nothing fantastic. The mission continues...

Primary

The other night, some of us were discussing primary numbers in preparation for GMAT's (unfortunately, not my own), but tonight I'm talking Primary Election. This is an odd topic for me especially since I don't consider myself to be especially political. I do, however, find it interesting. As I told the Bird's daycare lady today, I was serving as an election judge, but not exactly sure why. I mean, I knew how I ended up here; because the township letter stated they were in need of judges. I thought it would be interesting, I'd meet the people of the town, and bonus... I'd learn something! However, as my judging time neared, I grew anxious and wondered what I got myself into.

It proved to be all I could have hoped for in a judging experience. It was a slow day, as I hear they usually are, which proved to be perfect. The Precinct 2 group turned out to be fairly fun people. Throughout the day I learned there was a wealth of town knowledge in that hall. I met one prominent person in town, Roger, who happens to be the sheep farmer behind us, my new wanna-have Grandpa. I silently wondered to myself if he'd let me adopt him. If you know me at all, you know how much I love those cute, old, wise, wrinkled men, even some ornery ones. Grandpa's are hard for me to come by. I've lost all of mine too early, two of my own and one adopted.

Thinking back, I completely remember Rog from when I voted a couple of years ago. I had a soft spot for him then (mooshy really, not just soft), and that was within just the couple minutes I stood by him waiting to vote. This whole time he's lived right in my backyard and I never knew it.

My "aha" moment was Roger, that's really why I was there. I made him very aware of the fact that I'd be around, probably bopping by with the Bird to look at the cute lil' lambs. He seemed quite alright with that.

A day of...

quibbles. I get to work, people are yammering. First this one, then that one, about each other and everyone else. Emails, about something so simple as an outing, are circulating with gripes. Back and forth and back and forth. It's all very tiring and not the way I wanted to start out my Friday, or any day for that matter.

It does put some perspective on how this affects other people. I know I do my share of complaining, work and elsewhere, but today has made me realize to a new level the impact it can have on others. No one knows how many directions one person is hearing it from at one time, and about such minute things.

I also ate my lunch for breakfast. It's going to be a long day...