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Much like I understand the humor in the Golden Girls more and more as I get older, I get this one, too!
Found this in some e-mail files:
A. A. A. D. D. – Classic Retirement Syndrome
Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. – Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:
I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.
As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.
I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash bin under the table, and notice that the bin is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first.
But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
I’m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye: They need to be watered.
I place the Coke down on the work surface, and I discover my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning.
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Scorpio The Shape of Things to Come
Professional and personal change are stressed this November, and it's better to be bold and take the initiative than to stand still and simply react. You find yourself more comfortable in your own skin now, making you more alluring to others.Interesting, no? Here are the highlights: We celebrated 29 years of marriage on Sunday. We did Thai for dinner on Saturday afternoon. I handed out candy on Saturday night. The boys had their annual "Halloween" RP on Sunday. I have two pieces to post/finish for LT. I have other characters creeping into my head. I need to get with a couple of RP buddies to sort a few things out. I have the Monday drill to do. It's a recycling week. No idea what I'll fix for dinner. I'll think of something. I have this much progress achieved in NaNoWriMo 763 / 50000 words. 2% done! It'll be posted somewhere or other. Tags: anniversary, divination, halloween, horoscope, nanowrimo, rp, writing
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Safely settled into my chair to write. I have some iced tea and my snuggly shawl. The house is quiet for the moment. ::knocks wood:: Four ideas and which to run with first? That's the question! Today was productive. Got several things done. Recently watched Secret Yellowstone and Beyond the Movie - Troy, both National Geographic productions. I enjoyed watching NG programs as a kid. Was amazed to learn that there two million acres to Yellowstone and it has at least 300 waterfalls. There are seven known wolf packs that live in Yellowstone. Wolves were reintroduced to the area in 1995. I finally finished the hall closet. Ended up using those vacuum storage bags. HOLY MOLY... they squashed my big comforter almost flat! I need to get a few more of those! Thursday will be clean the front yard day, I think. Maybe part of it Thursday and part Friday. We'll see what the weather looks like. Next week the game plan is getting car in for repairs and getting Tom's closet cleaned out. June 2 is the release date for Sims 3, I've been debating on this a long time. I think I'm going to get the game after all. Especially since they will be using a packaging system again. It used to bug me to no end when DLing things for the first Sims game and have to hunt down the wallpaper, furniture, etc. to get the houses to look like the pictures. Anywho ... off to write, I hope. Tags: car, home_improvement, movies, sims, sims 3, tom, tv, uhbs
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I finally finished The Undomestic Goddess. Frankly, if I had been the heroine, I would have sued the law firm and won. You'd have to read the story to get that, but all in all it was a good read. I now have "Remember Me?" by Sophie Kinsella running in the audio. While on the usually weekend jaunt, I saw the third book in the Appaloosa trilogy, Brimstone was on the shelves. Going to wait on that, though. I still have a pile to look through. I realized while running through some files that I REALLY need to do a back up to DVD because shit happens. There's a lot to do around here and I'm just procrastinating. It's a holiday weekend.
Monday ... and what all do I need to do?? Lots of things, but I'm not going to accomplish anything, but reading, I think. This is not a bad thing! Liz made my day! Her new phone does pictures and video! I now have two of my grandbabies on video! Some days, I love modern technology! :) Tags: books, computer, liz, liz & family, logan, tyler
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Watched The Barefoot Contessa. The part of the movie is risque for 1954, but Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner are awesome. Also watched King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed. Who knows, maybe I'll learn something from the bunch of mostly educational DVDs I snagged at the library. I have bits and pieces rumbling in my head for a Kirin story. Still cleaning out my linen/hall closet. There are a bunch of kiddie/girlish/flowered twin bed sheets in there. Maybe one day, they will get used again. Things like Rainbow Brite and 101 Dalmatians are in there. RB and some of the florals are duplicated because the girls shared a room and for much of it had bunk beds. I discovered some paint on one of the sheets, trying to figure that one out! Liz took the Care Bear sheets for her boys. There's something very cathartic about taking things apart and rebuilding them. Or in this case, emptying them out and reorganizing them. Who knew a little closet could hold THAT much?? I seem to have a few pillowcases that have wandered off, but otherwise, things seem to be accounted for. I have the towels separated into keep and donate to the vet clinic. I saved some older ones for clean ups, but some of the ones with frayed edges are going on their way. Found a plastic zippered bag that's meant for underbed storage. Putting my extra blankets in there. Nice thing about it is that it's squashable and will take up less space. Did a library run and I restrained myself from adding more books to my "to read" pile. I did not, however, resist the DVD rack as I noted above. I'm on chapter 23 of 26 ( p. 311 of 374) of The Undomestic Goddess. ----- Night at the Museum II, freaking hilarious! :D Not much else to say before the date changes, so ... that about covers it. Tags: books, home_improvement, movies, uhbs
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Reading " The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophia Kinsella. Current movie is Emma. I have several movies and books from the library to view and read. I picked up "Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life" by Cesar Milan as we are considering getting another dog at some point in the future. Planning to do a library trip this week. Much cleaning to do. Linen closet is my large project for this week. It shouldn't take more than a couple of hours to reorganize things. The AC people are coming out Friday morning to clear out the pipes. The auxiliary line was dripping water, this is not good. Wednesday, I need to get the last of the laundry done, clean the fridge, finish the rest of the stuff in the sinks, cat food corner, and Tom's bathroom and bedroom need to be picked up. Thursday is library day. Need to pick up a few more storage boxes. Need to leave the stuff that blocks the attic steps on the couch or a chair before bed. Friday is AC day and I hope to get the closet done. Might work on that over the weekend, though. And that's about it. Tags: books, home_improvement, movies, to_do_list, uhbs
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