Archive for June 2011
I Hate Doing Jobs that Un-do Themselves
I hate doing jobs that un-do themselves. Weeding, laundry, loading & unloading the dishwasher are a few good expamples of what I am talking about. Surely the satisfaction of a job well done should last longer than a nano second. I have heard tell that there are people who actually enjoy these tedious, thankless,…
Read MoreTrue Confessions of an Airhead
I forget things & I lose stuff. Eventhough I can’t remember things, I hate the bother of writing them down. Those notes just accumulate in huge piles that eventually get lost. I don’t answer my phone & I hate returning messages. Sometimes this is a problem, but most often not. I try to get things…
Read MoreRonald McDonald House Mosaic
Sandy is volunteering to help make the Ronald McDonald House Mosaic for the house in Philadelphia. She is working with a team of volunteers to create a colorful and fun mosaic to welcome the children coming into the house. Anyone who has old tile or new that can donate to this project please contact Sandy…
Read MoreI Carry Two Sticks When I Ride
I carry two sticks when I ride & neither one of them is for hitting my horse. One is a long green twig snapped from a tree on my way out of the barn. I prefer maple or perhaps sycamore, because they have nice big leaves. This stick is for whacking flies. It is a tail…
Read MoreBig Goldie's Gonna Make It! Have a Little Faith
For 14 long days Big Goldie laid at the bottom of our pond. Not moving & covered with sediment, he just laid there, day after day. I waited for the end, when he would float to the top, dead… dread…. if that happens I will have to deal with it. Then he moved, just enough…
Read MoreMeyers-Briggs, Toilet Paper, & Strawberry Jam
What to do when the established & respected authorities tell you who you are and you read the description and think: “no I am not”? I was recently informed by the famous & irrefutable Meyers-Briggs Personality Type test that I am an INTP (introverted-intuitive-thinking-perceiving) personality type and thus belong to a group inhabited by only 1% of the general…
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