She’s Back!
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Well, sort of back. I’m here and there and in and out…
I have rather a lot to report on, actually. I’ve been given a toy to review, and will do so in a little while. I almost lost my cell phone at Wal-Mart.. but got it back, bwahahha. (that’s the story, you’ll have to wait for it). I’ve also accepted a 1000 word challenge from the Omnibabe, with whom I’ll be rooming when I go to Blogher in Chicago at the end of July. Yep, Chicago again. Three flights in a 12 month period, and all to Chicago. Go figger.
I’ve also been looking for some things on sale, and perhaps, that’s where I’ll start for now.
If you’ll read back a bit, you’ll see that ‘Pup, my dear husband, surprised me with a trip to see some places we’d always wanted to stop to see, but hadn’t. And, that he’d indulgently allowed me to fill up the van with plants put in places you’d not think plants would fit. Such a gift! I think it’s one of the nicest I’ve ever gotten.
So, now, HIS birthday is coming up in August. I need something he’d like, and I might have found it. After Ike hit us, ‘Pup is even more determined that we’ll not suffer through an extended power outage such as we had after that storm. We’re buying batteries. We’d like to be buying a generator, and, truth told, that’s not out of the question…however, baring that purchase, I think he’d like this multi use radio, solar powered lantern/phone recharger.
We had several flashlights and radio combinations that worked as you wound them up, and they helped light the darkness quite nicely. I know ‘Pup wants one of the weather radios, because he’s been lingering by them whenever we pass one. He’s always been aware of bad weather, more so than I am.
By “aware”, I mean that once he woke me up out of a deep sleep to tell me that our power might go out because there was a thunderstorm on the way, so if I woke up and it was dark, I shouldn’t be too worried.
I turned over and went back to sleep.
I must have snored a little because I got a poke in the back that woke me up.
“Oh, you’re awake!” said he.
I just blinked at him and thought about what to say that wouldn’t be too….truly indicative…of how I felt at just that moment. I’m grumpy when someone doesn’t let me sleep.
‘Pup has learned that by now, and instead of waking me up when he is next to me, he’ll now try to talk to me at 4:30 am from across the room or just inside the doorway. Problem is, I answer back sometimes, but have no real memory of what I said or agreed to do. All I remember is feeling a bit grumpy that my sleep had been interrupted.
Sometimes, he sends the dogs to wake me up. I won’t threaten them. He takes advantage of that fact.
Now, where was I? Oh, yes. His birthday present. I think I’ll get him one of those radios.
Turning the crank should keep him busy long enough for me to get some sleep.
