MOODY MOUNTAINS OF BORREGO SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
I have heard it said that older folks require less sleep. I wonder why that is & I certainly do not agree with that. Seems like it should be the other way around. Lack of sleep is directly related to crankiness & it's rare to hear of young people being cranky. Definitely an older folks affliction. It's been about 4 years now since I last had a full night's sleep so you can see it's been awhile that I have been 'cranked!!' Sometimes I sleep in my bed & sometimes in my recliner but it's usually a combination of both. Back & forth, back & forth!! I usually go to bed somewhere around 11 & am generally back up around 4 with a couple of stops in between. This makes for some very long tiresome days. Low energy levels & lack of motivation are the nasty side affects but I would rather deal with these than the addictive side affects of sleeping pills. Just the way it is I guess so I had just better get used it!!
Had a good day yesterday........only did 2 dumb things. The key to the door of our carport storage area has always been missing so yesterday I decided to round up all our errant keys laying around & go try them all in the door. Of course while doing this I accidentally locked the door & you know that none of the keys ever ended up working. There were things inside that I needed so with no other choice I was forced to put a well aimed single kick to the side of the doorknob which of course popped the door right open.......with of course the normal amount of damage. So, now that's gotta be fixed!! Second Einstein thing I did was to fire up the rig's generator & then of course get busy with some other things, head off into the house & forget the generator running outside. Don't even ask how long the generator ran!!!! Alright, while I'm at it I might as well mention that I forgot my laundry in the dryer so it laid in there all night & now I have another week of walking around looking like a big wrinkled up mess. There was something else too but fortunately I've already forgot what it was. Geeeezzzz, hope I didn't leave something running somewhere again!!!!!
I have always been kind of a news hound. Years ago I subscribed to the daily newspaper while living in Stratford, Ontario & liked to stay current with all the local happenings. We don't have a daily paper in Bayfield so over the past 7 years I've gotten away from local news & more into the habit of worldly television news. CNN has been my channel of choice & yes, I guess you could say I had become addicted to that as well. It has always been a love/hate thing with CNN but I am now working on a parting of ways strategy with them. In fact I am turning the volume down on all my news interests. I have just simply become tired of all the negative reporting, the repetitive re-hashing, the schlocky announcers, the ever increasing loud & stupid commercials, & just news in general. I'm beginning to believe in that old saying, 'no news is good news!!' Instead of cracking on CNN now when I get up around 4 a.m. I simply put on my favorite soothing ambient music channel, & either just relax in my recliner or pull out the laptop, click it on, & see what the rest of you fellow blogger schmoggers are up to:)) Just seems a nicer & more realistic way to start the day......10-4!!
I love hearing the pitter patter of little paws in the morning. The rest of the Bayfield Bunch doesn't usually begin to stir until around 6 a.m. & little Cora (Motormouse) is generally the first one up. She always sleeps on my bed so I can hear her jump down & listen for the patter of little paws coming down the hall as she heads out to where I am in the living room. She jumps up on my lap & I have to move the laptop off to one side so she can get snuggled in to her little spot. Next it is Checkers coming down the hall heading for her favorite spot right next to my chair where she knows I will give her a big snuggle a pet her with one hand while trying to type with the other. Sometimes, like this morning, I pet her in between sentences as I am typing this. Max stays on his couch across the room until he's ready to go out but stops by my chair first for his big first snuggle of the day too. Somewhere amidst all this petting & snuggling stuff Kelly gets up, puts the coffee on, & heads for the computer in the sunroom. It's usually around 7 when the Motormouse starts up with the first game of toys for the day & playtime with the gang just gets more crazy from there. Barking dogs, flying rubber chickens, bouncing colored balls, & squeaking pink bananas fill the air as we're all racing around in the living room driving Mom bonkers. And this is only the very first 'toys time' of the day. It's the same scenario while we're traveling only we have a lot less space for our morning shenanigans & Mom gets a whole lot more madder at us guys.
D'YA NEED SOME HELP THERE DAD??
Just noticed we have some new blog followers so I'd like to welcome Jenni, Mary Ann, William & Karen. And thanks to all you other followers for tagging along with us as well. Much appreciated:))
STORMY SKYS WHILE BOONDOCKING NEAR BORREGO SPRINGS, CA.
Had an email from my long time best friend Jim in Stratford last week suggesting we meet for our semi-annual coffee blow-out of the year so we met at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Mitchell Ontario at 10 this morning. We left at 1:30 in the afternoon so that was an average blow-out for us. I have blogged about Jim & our coffee routines years ago in a previous blog. Jim actually gave up coffee quite a few years ago so I guess we could call it a coffee/orange juice blow out. But more than one coffee or orange juice?? Nope, we both just have one & make it last for 3 or 4 hours. That's OK for orange juice but cold coffee sure doesn't do a whole lot for me after a couple of hours!! Our friendship goes back many years. Another fellow dropped in but I will blog about the co-incidental significance the 3 of us had sitting there in a later October 19th blog. Don't know if either one of them thought of it to-day but I sure did. These two guys & a bunch of other good folks were instrumental in changing the course of my life 30 years ago this month..................!!
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The only thing better than right now will someday be the memories of right now...AL.
LOVED that third pic down... enlarged it for hubby's viewing too. He said that is what he should be doing! LOL
ReplyDeleteRegarding wrinkled clothes in the dryer, just run them through a rinse cycle in the washing machine and throw them into the dryer again, this time listening for it to stop. When I had a house I would never have bought a dryer that didn't have a buzzer that sounded when it was finished drying. They are perfect for reminding us busy folk. Or you could get a kitchen timer?
ReplyDeleteAl, I loved your Einstein day! Thought I was the only dummy in the blogger world! I'll write about my dumb move in today's blog.
ReplyDeleteWe're sitting in the desert right now near Rodeo, NM. Not sitting OUT yet, because it's early morning and we're on the computer, but desert sitting is a wonderful thing. We need to do more of it!
Just wet a facecloth, wring it out and throw it in the dryer with for a little bit.
ReplyDeleteThat will straighten the wrinkles.
We are very familiar with the pitter-patter of little paws in the morning around our house. Like your pups, ours seem to have their very own schedule too. Great pictures of the desert today, Al - good job.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks, for the suggestion of painting a mural on my garage doors, but I think I'll pass - LOL.