Song of the day…well, who gives a darn, there have been way too many songs in my head lately.
So, like I said the other day. I’m in the UK. More or less a favor to a friend, (while at the same time dreading small cramped spaces during winter at home) to help out for the next few months with the animals. It’s…a challenge, I’ll say that much for it.
I’ve had panic attacks, regrets, as in “What the hell did I agree to so far away from my doggies” but I have reached that point where I can say to myself, “You agreed to this. Cowboy up, learn what you can and do your best”. Nothing else to do, really. I can complain about it. I can whine. I can even cry about it. Doesn’t change anything. This is life and you have to live with the choices you make. Cause and effect, and all that stuff. Consequences are a bitch...the only advantage is that once you realize it, it allows you to resign in it...though I still miss my doggies like mad, and I really, really need those talks online at night, visuals and texts with big brother grandpa...basically everything at home. Saw Knighty boy tonight. He was looking up, somewhat lazily at the computer big brother aimed at him. He didn't recognize the tinny voice as mine, I fear.
Apparently Sitabah and Dax are doing well enough. They join big brother on his bed during the night (despite the lack of space) while the Knight will pick the corridor...with cool tiles...it's hot over there, naturally. Hard to remember...NOT.
Anyway, the trip went well enough. Was at the airport a little early, but then big brother couldn’t find a parking space, so when I was done checking in, I stood there in the terminal a long time, waiting, and then we had that whole uncomfortable goodbye, where neither of us wanted to get all emotional-like. We did the whole. You take care bit, and then parted ways…only to end up texting that we’d miss each other…what can I say, we’re a bit emotionally stinted. Hah.
Anyway, the flight had a twenty minute delay…had a nice chat with a fella from Wales, about English weather and airlines. Was fun while we stood there in the flight corridor, which was sweltering hot under the Spanish sun. They told me that I couldn’t take my carryon, because my purse was too big, jeez, but then they let me on (without paying an extra 55) anyway because I’d already paid for two suitcases, and the checkout should have mentioned it. The lady said I was supposed to leave my suitcase at the door, so they could load it into the cargo hold, but I was too scared to leave it there, since it held my computer and everything, so when the stewardess didn’t say anything I just took it on board and stowed it overhead.
We survived the flight, obviously.
The flight went well. I had two fourteen year old girls beside me, giggling and talking all the while…spent my time reading some Indie book I downloaded. Seriously, I’m d1oubting whether I will do a review on this one. It’s an endless chain-link of one-liners, repetition of names and B-movie style descriptions. It just made me laugh…in-between winces of my behind turning to wood from the three hour flight. *sigh*
My arrival in the UK was to a sky dotted with clouds…still it was relatively dry what with there being very little rain this summer. I didn’t mind that. The air was rather nippy (I came from scorching heat, remember) but I’d come prepared with flannels and a really bad raincoat. Luckily it didn’t rain. It took me a while to locate the right taxi company. Turns out that the one I was aiming for (due to the internet) went out of business 3 years ago. Hah.
Anyway, the driver was a nice fella with this massive square black beard, and he talked the entire way. It was nice. We had a compatible interest. Movies and books. By the time we arrived on location, we had given each other multiple recommendations. Was good. Kept me from thinking at least.
As to the last few days. I’ve been trying to keep busy, got reacquainted with the dogs…the majority recognized me, at least, and the rest will come in the near future…and…well, kept busy, which is my biggest priority, since whenever I don’t I’ve got a panic attack.
As for the UK…it is green, people. At least compared to Spain. Hah.
Had a shopping spree for power tools. Seriously, I can’t stand seeing someone without the proper tools to at least the basics. I mean seriously, no one wants to go and call someone to change a light bulb. It just doesn’t work. You need tools, you need supplies…that’s what I came here for.
But then, my friend Emma has been setting up house just shortly, and that is always difficult.
Will need to get better winter clothes. Also Wellies, vital here in the UK, and a gooooooood coat, which is not something one ever thinks to need in Spain. *sigh* Also a proper hat.
Anyway, I am learning to cope, and have decided to look at this as a learning period, if nothing more. Only one way to find out about the UK, right? Always was interested in that, and this is my chance. Yay!
Gotta go. It’s late.
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Friday, August 22, 2014
Change
My apologies. But there have been a lot of things changing lately, and I just haven't had the time to post a blog. Am in England at the moment. It was an opportunity I couldn't say no to, so here I am, on this little island for the next six months or so. Change is supposed to be good, but regretfully it doesn't always feel that way. Hah.
Will try to put a proper blog out soon, but right now I am still trying to get my bearings.
Gotta go.
Will try to put a proper blog out soon, but right now I am still trying to get my bearings.
Gotta go.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Sway
Song of the day: “Sway" by...well, some female voice. Not the one by Dean Martin, Michael Bubblé or Rosemary Clooney. Neither the one from the Pussycat Dolls, which would have been downright embarrassing. Hah. Nice song, though.
To start up where we left off the last time, the day after I wrote the last blog, was ridiculously hot. We had spent the majority of the day working on the book, doing small tasks and picking up a donation, and finally on our way to the sea for a much needed refreshing dip in the sea that appears to be downright freezing this summer. I don’t really know what is causing it, but it has to do with a particular current and something that is supposed to be very scientific. *sigh* Whatever it is, I like getting refreshed as well as the next person, but if the water is so cold that you can’t even submerge your head, I don’t like it. Doesn’t stop me from swimming, though…despite that on that particular day we didn’t get to go. Nope. Had a call from one of our work sites, with a semi emergency, and if we could come ASAP. So there went our dip, *sob* and in was a long evening doing chores until it was close to midnight. Luckily we did manage to join up on the actual work, meaning that we got in about an hour of edits while we waited for the boss to come home.
Yesterday’s swim worked out a lot better, though. Swam a mile or two, if for no other reason than that the water was a bearable temperature. In fact, it was downright lovely. Big brother and I had a bit of race going, and we just kept at it until we were completely out of breath. Crossed quite a bit of distance that way, which had both of us impressed with our prowess. Hah.
Had some disturbing dreams this week, which I won’t bore you with. They’re mostly about daily stuff that just keeps repeating over and over, without me being able to change it. I get frustrated from dreams like that. I suppose that it has something to do with our present situation, and how the lack of space is hampering basically everything. The days are hot, outside it is sometimes almost too warm, while inside is not any better, and too small. It adds to the dilemma, I guess, there used to be plenty of spaces to do stuff in. Makes you miss it, which once again makes it worse. I gotta get over this shaite. Mourning the losses is not going to help any. Besides, it’s been almost a year now, time to move on. The only thing to do with the status quo is to change it, so as long as I’m not willing to do that, I shouldn’t bitch about it so much.
A variety of meals this week. There was a Nasi with fried egg on it. Don’t you just love a good rice dish holding a variety of colorful veggies? Triple colored bell peppers, carrots, cauliflower, onion, leek, white cabbage, sweet corn, green beans all fried together with the rice. It looked purdy and tasted yummy. Can’t ask for more than that, can you?
Then there was the red beets with onion, potatoes and cheese, which was just too good to be true.
And of course today I am preparing buckwheat burgers for tomorrow’s hike. Those should go down well after some exertion, at least. I’m hoping for a small decrease in the temps, though, things are going to be might uncomfortable if the heat index gets as high as today. We’re hitting the hundreds, in case you’re wondering. Hah. Am hosing down a lot of our dogs these days, especially Knight II who gets downright panicky when he gets too warm. Can’t say I blame him.
As for work, there was quite a bit this time around. Washed a couple of cars (excluding our own, which I did yesterday, hah) both inside and out, which was a fascinating task in 100 degree temps. In particular when I was working the vacuum, man did I sweat like a pig. Luckily it didn’t smell.
Did a tree trimming session (work related, ya know. I would never do it this time of year, but if your employer tells you to trim back bushes and trees, you trim them back) which luckily could be done before noon when the temps were still bearable. Most interesting part were the palm tree that were a solid 25 feet high, and rather painful when the branches came tumbling down.
Had to go to our old job to unload a big delivery. Not that I’m jumping at the bit to go back there, but it pays the bills, ya know. Took a couple of hours, which isn’t bad at all. Another week of food on the table, eh?
Cleaning a pool…regretfully not our own (pump’s till busted)…which would have been fun if I could have “accidentally” fallen into it. Couldn’t because the water was so effing hot that the outside air was cooler. I kid you not. I stuck my arm in and had to pull it out because it felt like I’d stuck it in a hot bathtub. Apparently the pool is located on a terrace that catches so much sunshine during the day, that it heats the pool up that badly. Yikes. Talk about gross…and it totally defeating the purpose of having a pool. Aaaaarggh.
Worked on irrigation, which was another couple of hours, if you must know. Turns out that dogs (again, not ours, we have already sorted the yard in such a way that they can’t wreck out irrigation. Hah) really like chewing on tubing. Nice that this gives us a paid job, you know, but it does start to get tedious when you have to fix the same stretch of irrigation over and over again.
Another job was sorting through a humongous stack of rugs and pillows that had to be hauled from a big stack to a basement apartment. They had to be “beaten” clean, then rolled up, and the brought into storage, as slowly the sun crept up toward its zenith. Yikes.
Did have a couple of good workouts this week, so that’s a plus. Didn’t eat meat, except for some chicken. Was extremely tired the other day. Got all grumpy from it, and then the fact that it was so hot and I couldn’t go to bed because I would just melt away, didn’t help any. Grrr. Slept in the next day instead, which helped.
Knight II. He’s not doing poorly…although he doesn’t like the heat at all. The fever seems to be under control, and as long as I keep his socks on he can’t open up his feet…which he did regardless, just the day before yesterday, jeez! But other than that, he’s well enough. Same goes for the other lot. The majority is liking the daily sprayings, some in fact come looking for it. Hah.
And that wraps it all up…except if you want to know about grandpa’s visits to the acupuncturist, or that we had to bring his moped to the garage, or that I did laundry, or did some cleaning in the yard, or spent some time tossing out stuff from the kitchen cupboards. Or editing, which's description I could cut from last week's post, because that's still same old same old. Yes, I know, very glamorous, all. *sigh*
Enough, then? Okay.
To start up where we left off the last time, the day after I wrote the last blog, was ridiculously hot. We had spent the majority of the day working on the book, doing small tasks and picking up a donation, and finally on our way to the sea for a much needed refreshing dip in the sea that appears to be downright freezing this summer. I don’t really know what is causing it, but it has to do with a particular current and something that is supposed to be very scientific. *sigh* Whatever it is, I like getting refreshed as well as the next person, but if the water is so cold that you can’t even submerge your head, I don’t like it. Doesn’t stop me from swimming, though…despite that on that particular day we didn’t get to go. Nope. Had a call from one of our work sites, with a semi emergency, and if we could come ASAP. So there went our dip, *sob* and in was a long evening doing chores until it was close to midnight. Luckily we did manage to join up on the actual work, meaning that we got in about an hour of edits while we waited for the boss to come home.
Yesterday’s swim worked out a lot better, though. Swam a mile or two, if for no other reason than that the water was a bearable temperature. In fact, it was downright lovely. Big brother and I had a bit of race going, and we just kept at it until we were completely out of breath. Crossed quite a bit of distance that way, which had both of us impressed with our prowess. Hah.
Had some disturbing dreams this week, which I won’t bore you with. They’re mostly about daily stuff that just keeps repeating over and over, without me being able to change it. I get frustrated from dreams like that. I suppose that it has something to do with our present situation, and how the lack of space is hampering basically everything. The days are hot, outside it is sometimes almost too warm, while inside is not any better, and too small. It adds to the dilemma, I guess, there used to be plenty of spaces to do stuff in. Makes you miss it, which once again makes it worse. I gotta get over this shaite. Mourning the losses is not going to help any. Besides, it’s been almost a year now, time to move on. The only thing to do with the status quo is to change it, so as long as I’m not willing to do that, I shouldn’t bitch about it so much.
A variety of meals this week. There was a Nasi with fried egg on it. Don’t you just love a good rice dish holding a variety of colorful veggies? Triple colored bell peppers, carrots, cauliflower, onion, leek, white cabbage, sweet corn, green beans all fried together with the rice. It looked purdy and tasted yummy. Can’t ask for more than that, can you?
Then there was the red beets with onion, potatoes and cheese, which was just too good to be true.
And of course today I am preparing buckwheat burgers for tomorrow’s hike. Those should go down well after some exertion, at least. I’m hoping for a small decrease in the temps, though, things are going to be might uncomfortable if the heat index gets as high as today. We’re hitting the hundreds, in case you’re wondering. Hah. Am hosing down a lot of our dogs these days, especially Knight II who gets downright panicky when he gets too warm. Can’t say I blame him.
As for work, there was quite a bit this time around. Washed a couple of cars (excluding our own, which I did yesterday, hah) both inside and out, which was a fascinating task in 100 degree temps. In particular when I was working the vacuum, man did I sweat like a pig. Luckily it didn’t smell.
Did a tree trimming session (work related, ya know. I would never do it this time of year, but if your employer tells you to trim back bushes and trees, you trim them back) which luckily could be done before noon when the temps were still bearable. Most interesting part were the palm tree that were a solid 25 feet high, and rather painful when the branches came tumbling down.
Had to go to our old job to unload a big delivery. Not that I’m jumping at the bit to go back there, but it pays the bills, ya know. Took a couple of hours, which isn’t bad at all. Another week of food on the table, eh?
Cleaning a pool…regretfully not our own (pump’s till busted)…which would have been fun if I could have “accidentally” fallen into it. Couldn’t because the water was so effing hot that the outside air was cooler. I kid you not. I stuck my arm in and had to pull it out because it felt like I’d stuck it in a hot bathtub. Apparently the pool is located on a terrace that catches so much sunshine during the day, that it heats the pool up that badly. Yikes. Talk about gross…and it totally defeating the purpose of having a pool. Aaaaarggh.
Worked on irrigation, which was another couple of hours, if you must know. Turns out that dogs (again, not ours, we have already sorted the yard in such a way that they can’t wreck out irrigation. Hah) really like chewing on tubing. Nice that this gives us a paid job, you know, but it does start to get tedious when you have to fix the same stretch of irrigation over and over again.
Another job was sorting through a humongous stack of rugs and pillows that had to be hauled from a big stack to a basement apartment. They had to be “beaten” clean, then rolled up, and the brought into storage, as slowly the sun crept up toward its zenith. Yikes.
Did have a couple of good workouts this week, so that’s a plus. Didn’t eat meat, except for some chicken. Was extremely tired the other day. Got all grumpy from it, and then the fact that it was so hot and I couldn’t go to bed because I would just melt away, didn’t help any. Grrr. Slept in the next day instead, which helped.
Knight II. He’s not doing poorly…although he doesn’t like the heat at all. The fever seems to be under control, and as long as I keep his socks on he can’t open up his feet…which he did regardless, just the day before yesterday, jeez! But other than that, he’s well enough. Same goes for the other lot. The majority is liking the daily sprayings, some in fact come looking for it. Hah.
And that wraps it all up…except if you want to know about grandpa’s visits to the acupuncturist, or that we had to bring his moped to the garage, or that I did laundry, or did some cleaning in the yard, or spent some time tossing out stuff from the kitchen cupboards. Or editing, which's description I could cut from last week's post, because that's still same old same old. Yes, I know, very glamorous, all. *sigh*
Enough, then? Okay.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Astounding
Song of the day: “In my secret life” by Katie Melua. It’s been going through my head several days now, luckily I like the song well enough, otherwise it would have driving me bonkers.
Another week gone, and we’re well into August. Before you know it we’ll be in autumn, rushing straight toward winter. Aaaaargh!...ehm, yeah, as you can see I’m not looking forward to that. Last year wasn’t all that bad seeing as we were gone most days anyway, but what with being out of work this time round, I’m anticipating claustrophobia. Grrrr.
But okay, not thinking about that yet. Summer is still here, autumn hasn’t even started yet, and winter is still nothing but the future. There’s still plenty of time for things to change, isn’t there? I mean seriously, a few years ago, when we were busily writing and editing, and restoring and building everything around the house, while at the same time rushing from here to there to take care of the old ladies, I wouldn’t have believed it if someone had said that things would turn out this way. I’m not kidding. In my mind things were completely unchangeable, probably set in stone until further notice, but there you have it. I’m not going to try to anticipate anything, I’m just going to wait and see where life takes us from here on…nothing else to do about it anyway, not yet.
So what’s been happening? Not a whole lot, although we have been busily editing a lot. It’s not going badly either, it is just that there are times when our focus is completely shot. No matter, we’re keeping at it regardless, and aren’t unhappy with where we are at the moment.
Been doing some work on my future sink. Should be doing more but we’ve had some pick up trips lately, which is taking more time than I like, and of course there were jobs to be done. Had to escort four dogs to the vet the other day (not ours, no worries). Neutering time, it had been a while in coming, but now the day was here. They behaved like troopers and seemed none the worse for wear afterward, thankfully.
Also had a cleaning up/maintenance job. Which meant working on sun-exposed terraces for four hours, sweeping them clean, hosing them down and reorganizing furniture. There was a gentle breeze that made it bearable, but it also tricked me into thinking that I wasn’t dehydrating. I was basically in the zone when suddenly I realized that I was seeing black spots in my vision. A glance at my watch told me that I’d been at it for two hours without a break, and that I really should get some water into my system; temps were hitting 100 degrees after all. Drank four huge glasses of water (was sooooo thirsty) in one go, and didn’t even have to pee afterward, hah. (I know, TMI, right?) Strange how that works.
Anyway, after that I paid better attention and drank regularly, so I was none the worse for wear…except for being sore as heck the next morning because of using the broom and mop for about 2700 square feet.
Not glamorous, I know, but it pays the bills, right?
Had a couple of turns preparing the dog food at home. That was sure nice. It’s been ages since we had time for that, and since grandpa deserved a break in that regard, I was happy to do it. Nothing like standing in the shade up in the old horse paddock, dogs around my feet trying to steal bread and veggies, chopping away with a small hand ax until it’s all done.
No big cooking events this week, though I did make a rather nice batch of chickpea patty dough. Ate them for several days. As bread replacements for breakfast and as supper with chili. Also as the meat replacement on a burger bun, and so on, until we finished the whole batch and were thrown back into less nutritious meals, like a load of pasta fungi. Hah.
As to the party plans…not a lot of changes there. I do now have a semi-confirmed guest list of 13 people, so it should get interesting. There will probably be kids there, though, so that means we’re going to have to keep the majority of the dogs separated at the very least.
I have a date with a couple of “girls” my age to go hiking next week. We’re going to meet up at a nearby parking spot, take the Land Rover into the country toward a spring and then walk along the river (if it is there during this drought) for an hour or two. Should be fun. An all-girls outing. Never did that before, so we’ll see how it goes…will be going armed, though. It’s a hunting area, pretty much in the middle of nowhere, and some nitwit might think that three women are easy pickings, so it is better to be safe than sorry…thinking about that, I think I’m going to take Knight along after all. Will be good for him, and he’ll be the best deterrent for trouble. Hah.
Now I still have to think about what I’m going to make for lunch. Seeing as after the walk we’re planning on taking a dip, and have a snack. Both of them are on a gluten free diet so I might have to resort to my patties with fresh veggies on it…yeah, I think I like that.
Did have a few more nice workouts, along with a jog, but not for the past couple of days, much to my regret. The schedule was just too busy.
So, who’s worried about everything going on in the world? I mean, who is not seeing the comparisons to the Second World War when it concerns anti-Semitism? It’s scary, really. You see terroristic acts from certain parties all over the world, and yet you have the world tripping over the fact that Israel is protecting its people and borders…and all because supposedly the country belongs to the terrorists. What? Folks hate Christianity so much that they’ve forgotten the bible saying that some odd 5000 years ago it was already of the Jewish people? Just because it was conquered after that (mostly through slaughter) doesn’t change that fact. They got it back fair and square, by buying land and then reclaiming their heritage from the Brits. Basically they conquered their country back, and now everyone is complaining. Just because this only happened less than a century ago doesn’t make their claim less valid than those who conquered it 5000 years ago.
Also, folks are saying that both parties should just live together in peace, but all I hear from the non-Israeli side is that they don’t want to live with the Jews, they want their land back, and drive all the “filthy” Jews into the sea, annihilate them, erase them from the face of the earth, as claimed by various parties on the radio, TV and whichever social media you want to visit, which is apparently cheered for by the majority…I don’t see much compromise there. Added to that, it makes me wonder why no one is taking those statements/threats seriously, because the Western world must think that these claims are just hot air, or else why would they keep insisting that the Israeli people roll over and play nice? Would you try to have tea with the attacker bombing your house and threatening to slaughter your family?
I mean, let’s look at it differently. Russia won’t just be allowed by the UN to reclaim Ukraine without a fight.
If Mexico would claim parts of the US and started bombing cities, no one would look funny at America for defending itself.
If Germany declared that the Netherlands really is theirs because it was German territory way back when, everyone would tell them to F off.
How come this is looked at differently?
All this measuring with different measuring tapes is driving me bonkers sometimes, not to mention the illogic of it. I mean, if you pay attention to how the news from the Middle East is brought, you will start to notice that about 70 percent is pro terrorists…as in, “those poor backward people are just misguided. They don’t know any better. We should just give them a little more time to become more civilized, to educate them, and just sacrifice some folks for the “cause”. Insane!
This ostrich behavior astounds me at times, not to mention frightens me…especially when I hear left-wing feminists picking sides.
Do these “righteous” women not realize that women in general will be pretty much screwed if the scales of power shift toward to a culture that has not yet gone through the battle of female emancipation? At least not in the way that there is even a semblance of equality.
Astounding, that is all I can say about it, really…
But sorry, I didn’t mean to go off on a tangent on world politics there, but sometimes you just can’t help but notice such things. I’ll shut up now.
Went grocery shopping yesterday, which went well. Got almost everything on the list and kept the bill well under 100 for the next two to three weeks worth of food, yay. Do need to get some wine still, and fruit juice, but that shouldn’t kill the budget.
As to the doggies…well, no change with Knight. Kollosus (German shepherd) is in heat, meaning that Arthur (Brittany) is mightily interested and doesn’t give a fig when Knight glares at him. Hah. On the other hand the whole lot is rather happy that we’re home a little more. They’re just making a wonderful nuisance of themselves getting in the way whenever they can.
Well, my mind has been blanking out again as to the events of the past week, so I’m going to leave it at this.
Gotta go.
Another week gone, and we’re well into August. Before you know it we’ll be in autumn, rushing straight toward winter. Aaaaargh!...ehm, yeah, as you can see I’m not looking forward to that. Last year wasn’t all that bad seeing as we were gone most days anyway, but what with being out of work this time round, I’m anticipating claustrophobia. Grrrr.
But okay, not thinking about that yet. Summer is still here, autumn hasn’t even started yet, and winter is still nothing but the future. There’s still plenty of time for things to change, isn’t there? I mean seriously, a few years ago, when we were busily writing and editing, and restoring and building everything around the house, while at the same time rushing from here to there to take care of the old ladies, I wouldn’t have believed it if someone had said that things would turn out this way. I’m not kidding. In my mind things were completely unchangeable, probably set in stone until further notice, but there you have it. I’m not going to try to anticipate anything, I’m just going to wait and see where life takes us from here on…nothing else to do about it anyway, not yet.
So what’s been happening? Not a whole lot, although we have been busily editing a lot. It’s not going badly either, it is just that there are times when our focus is completely shot. No matter, we’re keeping at it regardless, and aren’t unhappy with where we are at the moment.
Been doing some work on my future sink. Should be doing more but we’ve had some pick up trips lately, which is taking more time than I like, and of course there were jobs to be done. Had to escort four dogs to the vet the other day (not ours, no worries). Neutering time, it had been a while in coming, but now the day was here. They behaved like troopers and seemed none the worse for wear afterward, thankfully.
Also had a cleaning up/maintenance job. Which meant working on sun-exposed terraces for four hours, sweeping them clean, hosing them down and reorganizing furniture. There was a gentle breeze that made it bearable, but it also tricked me into thinking that I wasn’t dehydrating. I was basically in the zone when suddenly I realized that I was seeing black spots in my vision. A glance at my watch told me that I’d been at it for two hours without a break, and that I really should get some water into my system; temps were hitting 100 degrees after all. Drank four huge glasses of water (was sooooo thirsty) in one go, and didn’t even have to pee afterward, hah. (I know, TMI, right?) Strange how that works.
Anyway, after that I paid better attention and drank regularly, so I was none the worse for wear…except for being sore as heck the next morning because of using the broom and mop for about 2700 square feet.
Not glamorous, I know, but it pays the bills, right?
Had a couple of turns preparing the dog food at home. That was sure nice. It’s been ages since we had time for that, and since grandpa deserved a break in that regard, I was happy to do it. Nothing like standing in the shade up in the old horse paddock, dogs around my feet trying to steal bread and veggies, chopping away with a small hand ax until it’s all done.
No big cooking events this week, though I did make a rather nice batch of chickpea patty dough. Ate them for several days. As bread replacements for breakfast and as supper with chili. Also as the meat replacement on a burger bun, and so on, until we finished the whole batch and were thrown back into less nutritious meals, like a load of pasta fungi. Hah.
As to the party plans…not a lot of changes there. I do now have a semi-confirmed guest list of 13 people, so it should get interesting. There will probably be kids there, though, so that means we’re going to have to keep the majority of the dogs separated at the very least.
I have a date with a couple of “girls” my age to go hiking next week. We’re going to meet up at a nearby parking spot, take the Land Rover into the country toward a spring and then walk along the river (if it is there during this drought) for an hour or two. Should be fun. An all-girls outing. Never did that before, so we’ll see how it goes…will be going armed, though. It’s a hunting area, pretty much in the middle of nowhere, and some nitwit might think that three women are easy pickings, so it is better to be safe than sorry…thinking about that, I think I’m going to take Knight along after all. Will be good for him, and he’ll be the best deterrent for trouble. Hah.
Now I still have to think about what I’m going to make for lunch. Seeing as after the walk we’re planning on taking a dip, and have a snack. Both of them are on a gluten free diet so I might have to resort to my patties with fresh veggies on it…yeah, I think I like that.
Did have a few more nice workouts, along with a jog, but not for the past couple of days, much to my regret. The schedule was just too busy.
So, who’s worried about everything going on in the world? I mean, who is not seeing the comparisons to the Second World War when it concerns anti-Semitism? It’s scary, really. You see terroristic acts from certain parties all over the world, and yet you have the world tripping over the fact that Israel is protecting its people and borders…and all because supposedly the country belongs to the terrorists. What? Folks hate Christianity so much that they’ve forgotten the bible saying that some odd 5000 years ago it was already of the Jewish people? Just because it was conquered after that (mostly through slaughter) doesn’t change that fact. They got it back fair and square, by buying land and then reclaiming their heritage from the Brits. Basically they conquered their country back, and now everyone is complaining. Just because this only happened less than a century ago doesn’t make their claim less valid than those who conquered it 5000 years ago.
Also, folks are saying that both parties should just live together in peace, but all I hear from the non-Israeli side is that they don’t want to live with the Jews, they want their land back, and drive all the “filthy” Jews into the sea, annihilate them, erase them from the face of the earth, as claimed by various parties on the radio, TV and whichever social media you want to visit, which is apparently cheered for by the majority…I don’t see much compromise there. Added to that, it makes me wonder why no one is taking those statements/threats seriously, because the Western world must think that these claims are just hot air, or else why would they keep insisting that the Israeli people roll over and play nice? Would you try to have tea with the attacker bombing your house and threatening to slaughter your family?
I mean, let’s look at it differently. Russia won’t just be allowed by the UN to reclaim Ukraine without a fight.
If Mexico would claim parts of the US and started bombing cities, no one would look funny at America for defending itself.
If Germany declared that the Netherlands really is theirs because it was German territory way back when, everyone would tell them to F off.
How come this is looked at differently?
All this measuring with different measuring tapes is driving me bonkers sometimes, not to mention the illogic of it. I mean, if you pay attention to how the news from the Middle East is brought, you will start to notice that about 70 percent is pro terrorists…as in, “those poor backward people are just misguided. They don’t know any better. We should just give them a little more time to become more civilized, to educate them, and just sacrifice some folks for the “cause”. Insane!
This ostrich behavior astounds me at times, not to mention frightens me…especially when I hear left-wing feminists picking sides.
Do these “righteous” women not realize that women in general will be pretty much screwed if the scales of power shift toward to a culture that has not yet gone through the battle of female emancipation? At least not in the way that there is even a semblance of equality.
Astounding, that is all I can say about it, really…
But sorry, I didn’t mean to go off on a tangent on world politics there, but sometimes you just can’t help but notice such things. I’ll shut up now.
Went grocery shopping yesterday, which went well. Got almost everything on the list and kept the bill well under 100 for the next two to three weeks worth of food, yay. Do need to get some wine still, and fruit juice, but that shouldn’t kill the budget.
As to the doggies…well, no change with Knight. Kollosus (German shepherd) is in heat, meaning that Arthur (Brittany) is mightily interested and doesn’t give a fig when Knight glares at him. Hah. On the other hand the whole lot is rather happy that we’re home a little more. They’re just making a wonderful nuisance of themselves getting in the way whenever they can.
Well, my mind has been blanking out again as to the events of the past week, so I’m going to leave it at this.
Gotta go.
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