Time once more for

As I sit here waiting for the Broncos game to start so I can properly nap through it like any other stuffed turkey (or is that stuffed with turkey), I am thankful for many things. So here is my highly edited

• Family and friends.

• L and the time we get to spend together over this holiday.

• Sharing in a huge feast on a beautiful day. 

• The fur shedding machine known as Molly, even though all of my black clothes look as tho they are sprouting white hair due to her talents.

• Those who stop by and read and comment on the blog.

• Those who write the blogs I read and (occasionally) comment on. Without you, my day-to-day life would be a lot more boring.

• Those who are filling the upcoming month with parties and gatherings of good will. (And especially if they invite me!) 

• That I am going shopping tomorrow. Not!

OK, I admit it, I fibbed and listed more than 5. So sue me. {*grin*}

Time once more for

• Getting a phone call from the local businessman who wants to develop a software application. He calls every nine months or so and once I explain the costs of what he desires, he always says he’ll just have his son who “works for Google” do it. I always pleasantly wish him good luck and he hangs up. He doesn’t know that his son and I have discussed the matter several times and are in full agreement on what it will cost to build his dream.

• Discovering that at least one of the Honey Dew melons I picked back at the start of October when the weather was turning freezing was edible. Note that I said edible, not necessarily the tastiest. Made a good alternative for breakfast.

• Sitting in a community development / community assessment meeting and realizing it is the same gripes and ideas I have heard every year, just a new group vocalizing and planning. But the real key is that I could just serenely smile, since it won’t be my problem anymore come next Tuesday.

• Seeing the woman whose husband is deathly ill make the effort to attend the meeting because she feels so passionately about it. Her husband’s illness has aged her tremendously, but she is still fighting the battle to ensure a better life and community for all. People like her are what has made the job of mayor so rewarding. (Of course, they are also often the sharpest thorns in the side as well.)

• Meeting the gentleman with the most gorgeous German Shepard / Wolf mix dog I have ever seen as I walked home for the above meeting. The dog was 15 years old and deaf as a stone, but still had that absolute erect carriage and majesty so emblematic of the breed. The owner communicated entirely by hand signals with the dog due to the deafness.

I’ll leave you with the lonely Honey Dews trying to ripen in the shop:

Time once more for

• Low barometric pressure fore-running the storm and cold rolling in tomorrow.

• Weather with 58 degree warmth after dark due to the above. (Thus was actually pleasant!)

• A special joint meeting of the city, county and rural fire district wherein the group calling the meeting had no prepared agenda.

• Sinus headache.

• Dryness. With the change in the weather my nose and mouth and eyeballs are dry. You know it is bad when your tongue sticks to your upper palate and your eyeballs hurt.

A cold front is supposed to roll through tomorrow evening possibly bringing snow and wind and … It has already brought falling barometric pressure as witnessed by my goose neck barometer:

Notice the blue fluid almost running out the top of the tube. A sure sign that the barometric pressure is really low and that all my joints are screaming. What fun!

Time once more for

• Are you sure she isn’t dead?
• More brains?
• The cream puffs and worms are really good!
• More swamp water?
• Can you pull that spear of fruit out of his head for me?