Random thoughts from the moose cave.

I'm starting to catch glimpses of the guy I once was. there's 6 years of downhill slide to overcome. but I got my cape outta storage for future use...

the cats think I've moved out. I am gone so much that they have to deal with each other all day. they are asleep in separate rooms at the moment.

If I head into the kitchen they will both be there before I can turn around, however...

Happy am I. Love hearing this.

I agree. That was nice, Mismi.

one day at a time, not gonna get overly hopeful about anything yet. but a lot of signs are green now...

tonight's going to be a test night. I can be wonky tomorrow if needs be. gonna see just how much milk is in a slice of american cheese food. I'm betting not enough to wobble me, and my taste buds are screaming for it. I got turkey needs using up. and broccoli, too. gonna be good and have "spread" instead of butter.

bleah...

boilt some eggs into smoky's place. my hotplate does a lousy job of it. gonna mix up some more tuna salad. just to have for when I'm hungry and don't wanna do more than defrost some bread. gotta keep it froze so it still acts like bread. I guess. I get it frozen, and just keep it that way till I need it...

windy as a b*tch out there tonight. howling around the cabin. got a fire popping to accompany it.

gonna make my sammich here in a bit. gotta straighten up the kitchen yet. with catses underfoot...

gotta go get my eggs, and carry some water. smoky is gonna be ready to go bed shortly.

I sure hope this dang wind settles down before my bedtime. it's rattling and bangin lotsa stuff out there. scraping my trees on the walls...

It smells good in my house tonight. outside even...

making pork cutlets and fried taters for smoky.

a derivative of said meal but involving more vegematables for myself...

all cooked in bacon grease. mmmmmmmm.....

bubba is cooking her peabrain under the stove again.

You're making me hungry......

Enjoy.

I can set an extra place...

got smoky fed, now Ima do mine up. lotsa chopping to be done. shrooms onions and green and yeller peppers.

added a hickory log to the stove for a harmonious nasal experience...

I am reintroducing ketchup as a food group.

bought a family size this time around...

my cutlets are tasty and smothered in vegetable matter. my taters are crispy and bacony. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

gonna go straighten up the shop. tomorrow will be a work day. rain and hail tuesday, so that will be my run around and complete the paper trail day.

tomorrow is column swap, and gonna go ahead and do the window since we got rain comin'. no since in getting the interior wet any more. gonna hafta detail it as it is...

got about 24 hours before the rains come. gonna go work on getting the shop ready for it. we dip down to 28 tonight, so I gotta get all my wood together and inside where it stays dry enough to burn. I may have enough now to finish out this season. we'll see. funny weather it is. thunderstorms on tuesday...

think Ima build a small fire in the shop to work by. gonna try and knock off by midnight and get to sleep before my usual 3:30...

craziness...

midnight ain't gonna happen. we may sleep in split shifts tomorrow.

on a roll in the shop. good fire, good tunes. gonna change the fan clutch on the 4x4. mebbe the fuel filter, but then I'll hafta shower. not gonna go bed stinking of gasoline...

letting my paint dry...

a bad habit left over from my street rod days. I gotta clean up and refurb all the pieces that go back in. my work always looks nice...

but sometimes it might be wasted effort. snowplow guy doesn't care as much as I do how nice the stuff looks. but if I hafta go back in, following myself is always pleasantly clean and easy...

done for tonight. got all of my reference books put on a shelf that stays dry. and organized a bunch of tools into dry quarters as well. gonna hafta make a decision and do something about the roof soon. rainy season is coming...

making some soup to sleep on. gonna set an alarm and get up earlier than Ima want to. gotta do what I gotta do.

3:30 looks about right again.

dammit...

I want a couple of cans of that so bad I can hardly stand it. I wonder if it works as good as it sounds?

Anyway. A weekend full of baseball. Of course we lost both games but the second one was a better loss - 7-4 verses 18-9. Now we know how to move forward. J's arm has gotten floppy - thinking it was the two innings of pitching he is not used to. He was playing short stop later in the game and made a stinky throw to first. Bless him. He beat himself up all the way home. S has a new glove and didn't get his hand up to cover the ball before it popped out of the glove. He beat himself up too. I am afraid my sweet boys take after me in their desire to be above reproach. I keep telling them it's not going to happen. How do you unlearn that? I guess I have to live better before them.

Well...hail tomorrow is it? It was grey and nasty here this morning but has gotten quite lovely outside. I have been watching Downton Abbey and I am pretty sure I am speaking with a British accent right now...with a slight southern drawl.

Alrighty - off to the thrift store. Need some things I am hoping to find there for a bargain.

Take care!

look for a nice Mason jar full of buttons

Wow. That sounds like the team Charley Brown manages. The other team didn't show up, so they won by default and had a one game winning streak.

Yeah Roger - Bad News Bears - seriously at some points I saw balls going between legs and over heads and over throws one after the other...it was a train wreck. I wish I had my little flask with me. Not really...but when the season gets here...maybe.

BUT in their defense...they have never practiced together before. They have been doing drills because of the wet fields - the coaches didn't even really know who could play what position except for what the parents told them...and you know how that goes. That second game there was such a huge improvement I think we will definitely see a different team when the season actually starts.

I hope.

Ah Beth - no buttons. No little boys black dress shoes either. Sometimes I hit the jackpot. But not today. Maybe next week.

Glad to hear this!