Tiger the Toddler ~ Derailment Day

Tiger just loves to act like a toddler.  The last few mornings, he's been making his walk in front of the computer to get my attention.  He's also been doing is paw under the bedroom door routine, and meowing to be fed.  Bangity, bang-ity, bang.  Why oh why does he not go fetch his "mother" and wake her up?  I have no idea.

We removed the gate from one of the entrance-ways into the kitchen.  We removed it to move furniture, and we decided to leave it out, and test the water so to speak.  The dogs are so used to it there, but then again, King jumps it every afternoon when the bus pulls in.  We'll see how well they do with it down.  They too, have been acting like toddlers lately.  It feels strange not to have to open and shut the gate100 times a day now, but sort of nice too.

I finished "Don't Let Go" and started reading this book.  There is a story to this one (and two other books).  When we took a trip to stay at a historical hotel a year ago, we shopped at a used book store.  I stepped away from the counter, Hubby paid, and when we got home I found 3 books in the bag I did not pick out.  The guy at the counter mixed them up as mine, and was most likely getting ready to shelf them.  So.  I have these to read before I buy anymore.  However, I have increased walking speed, so reading on the treadmill just ended.

I am going through a pile of magazines, and am just now (you can laugh if you want) reading the last of this Oct/Nov 2014 Country Woman magazine.  It got lost in a pile of my writer magazines.  

I don't know what I was thinking.  Hold a job outside the home, and maintain the home?  Ha!  Sigh.  I can't even keep up with my regular chores right now, and get these projects finished and some new ones (and much needed) underway.  I am just now ordering the last of the seeds I need, and some are on back order.   I am crocheting like a madwoman for the Farmer's Market, and my stock of goods is minimal.  Trying to be honest with myself, and only do what I can, but I tend to push myself beyond.

We had wind gusts up to 55-60 mph yesterday.  There was a wind advisory (no rain, snow or even sleet - just wind), but this gal went out in it anyway.  I swear that wind lifted me right off the parking lot, and I thought best to high-tail it home to safety.  Thankfully, no damage (that I know of) and we kept power through it all.  I hear some areas won't have power back on until Saturday.  There were semi-trucks that were flipped right over too.   Our vet-tech daughter was nicked in the rear of her car by a semi.  Thank goodness that is all it was.  I left my hens in the coop the entire day for their safety and opened a door for sunshine.  They would have been blown away.  Literally.
 

Lately, I've felt tied to the kitchen.  The other housework sits and waits for me.  There is a demand for lunch packings and after school snacks.   Yesterday, I had a bad start to the day - dropped an egg, forgot the baking powder until after everything was mixed in, over cooked the cabbage and potatoes, then later messed up on the baby blanket ripping out 5 rows....I called it a night and put everything away.