Back to life

Is there anything worse than a drab, dreary, sunless winter day?


A drab winter day when your dog is in "Mouse Mode"?



She assumes the posture, the back foot starts vibrating viciously, and you know....their has been an invasion....

But, you know what's even worse than that?



A blog-a-holics worst nightmare....

NO INTERNET CONNECTION!

WAHHH!!!

I have always loved email. For me, it's the way I relax and unwind. And since my big sister set me up with blogging (thanks for that post yesterday Gardening Sister), I've added blogging to my long list of addictions.

You would think I would have gotten all sorts of things accomplished the last 32 hours and 56 minutes. Laundry....reading.....cleaning......

But NO. I was paralysed. Immobilized. Out of commission.

Do you understand? Are you sympathetic?

The more email I read, the more blogs I visit, the more productive I am in other parts of my life. It's probably part of the check-list mentality. The more things I get done, the more I want to do, the more that gets done.

Each email is like a check mark on my list. Each blog read brings a smile to my heart, a feeling that in this big world, people really are all alike. They want happiness for their families, some want a little of the earth to till and improve, some want a book to read, but we're all alike. We aren't strangers engaged in a road-rage battle. We're not that harried idiot who steels the perfect parking spot we were waiting for, or that cashier who takes FOREVER when your toddler announces they have to go "potty" right now........ When we email and blog, we are all part of that circle of friendship.

In a world where we don't know our neighbors across the street, but have shared intimate moments of our life with people half way across the country or the world, to be without Internet access is to be cut-off from life, marooned on a desert island.

BUT LOOK!!!!

Today...

Muncie is out of "Mouse Mode"




The sun is shining!




And best of all....We're no longer on a deserted island. We have returned to civilization......

Yes, all is right with the world..........

Good-bye Dear Friend

Good-bye my dear friend! Good-bye!

I remember when we first met. You were so beautiful. Exactly what our family was looking for. We were in awe at all you could do.

We brought you home. We lovingly set you up in your new domain. We gave you everything you wanted, which wasn't much. Just some paper to eat, some electricity to feed you, along with an occasional electronic message from time to time.

But in return you gave us so much. You gave the children pages to color of Ancient Roman Soldiers, Native American Indians, Fairly Tale Princesses. Sure, you spit out the occasional Math test or other such nastiness, but the children forgave you, and I for one, loved you for it.

It was so sad, the other morning, when I sent you a Math test, assuming you would lovingly process it and present it to me, your master.

But nothing happened.

I waited.

Why is she not obeying me? What has happened?

I rushed to you, and tears came to my eyes. Your back hinge was broken, allowing light to penetrate on your insides. You couldn't function with that huge gap in your backside, after-all, you're not a plumber. (Wait, how in tarnation did that slip in?This is supposed to be a serious and somber post. Get with the program!)

How did this injury occur? Who could have put such pressure on you as to make you blow a hinge?





Oh.........

Refusing to believe, I called the Doctors, the experts.

I could barely understand the broken English. But the message was clear. The part you needed was no longer available. You were too old. To me, you would always be young, but in your world, 3 years is ancient. You are geriatric. Obsolete. Pushed aside for smaller and better.

But I still loved you.

I hung up the phone, devastation in my heart.

Will life ever be the same without you? Will Prince Charming come to the rescue?


Stay tuned............

My Birthday

Hi Sophie! Whatcha doing? Do you want to hang out with me? It's my birthday...Sophie? Sophia? HEY YOU - on the WII ! It's me - MOM.
Oh...never mind....



Hi Sam and Seth! Watcha doing? Wanna hang out with me? It's my birthday. Sam? Seth? HEY YOU GUYS! IT's ME! YOUR MOTHER??? Oh. Sorry. Didn't realize you were in the middle of battling the Huns.....



Hi Hunny..Whatcha doing? Hey! You! On the Nintendo DS lite! IT's YOUR WIFE! The LOVE of your life! It's my BIRTHDAY! I need some attention here! Oh. Sorry. Didn't realize you were playing Brain Age. sorry........