Random Thoughts for a Friday

My blog looks outdated. Isn't that funny? Many of the people that I know don't even know what a blog is, and mine already looks out of date. I've thought of switching to Typepad. I've thought of adding an Etsy shop. I think a lot. But, I suppose that if I am drawn to all things old, I should stick with this look, as it is befitting to my nature. And, this way I do not need to buy the Somerset Studio blog magazines.



What is with 'male enhancement' products being advertised on afternoon HGTV shows? I do not think Jonge and I will be watching ANY live TV. It is so much nicer to skip over all of the advertising.



I realized today just how deeply I suffer from rejection. I put out food for the birds. Did they come? Not for HOURS. In those hours, all I could think was "what's wrong with MY food?". It's not even for the birds, I guess. Hours later, they did come. Swarms of startlings, like, from The Birds. Jonge had a great time watching them.



Today I came across this quote in a book I'd planned to give away. It's from Walker Percy. "Consciously cultivate the ordinary." Good words.



Have you read Walker Percy's book "The Second Coming"? I really liked it. Although another of his books I started and just could not get though. Makes it tough to recommend an author. Elizabeth Goudge is one of my favorite authors, but one of the many books of hers that I have read was really not good. I always fear when recommending authors that someone will pick up one of the lousy ones and wonder what kind of a nut case I am. (i am a nut case attemping to consciously cultivate the ordinary, thank you very much.)



I haven't ordered the curtains for my kitchen yet. Another weird thing about me? I like knowing that I CAN. Once I do it, that little thrill will be gone.



It will be another cheap sewing machine that I get. Or, maybe someone will be upgrading and I can pick up an older model for cheap. I could understand putting money into one if I was going to do 'serious' sewing. What I am planning to do would not be worthy of a grand machine.



How long does it take to get blood test results back? Actually, I think that labs should provide 'do it yourself' on site labs. Who cares more what the results are than the person having the test done?



I've been writing notes all week. I just looked over at them, and they mean nothing to me. For example: Crossword puzzles - where are the cross words? I do not know what I was meaning with that.



One day this week I woke from a sound sleep with an epiphany. It was THE answer. I went back to sleep so happy that now I KNEW THE answer. I even remembered it in the morning. Ha. I'm not telling.



Jonge can guess a tune without hearing the words. He can also guess it from the beat. I'm impressed.



He can also speak in sentences. Yesterday he walked into the room, held up his finger and said, "Oh, no. I have a hangnail. Somebody help me." He also "needs" things. Today he needed peanut M&M's. Oh, and a glass jar full of nuts and bolts. If you could hear him, you would be convinced too that he actually does need them. Today, when I put him down for his nap, I said "I love you, Jonge!". He said, "I love you too, Beppe."



So the birds don't come, my sewing machine isn't 'cool', my blood test results aren't in, but my Jonge loves me, and it is enough.