Weekend Ramblings

Well, I woke up with a headache/shoulder ache today. I usually cannot win in this battle with heat-induced headaches. I get in a funk and don't want to go anywhere after one of these attacks me.

Right now, I'm watching my daughter through the glass door as she plays in the backyard . She checks the weather before she goes outside. She also suffers from heat-induced headaches. Being that she is a young child I don't think that they are as common for her. She also gets severe nosebleeds. It's hard to keep her inside though, she is, after all, a child.

We are at the mercy of the weather. In the summer, I only venture to the grocery store and back home. Even then I'm taking my chances. There are times when I wish I could just drive north and never come back here. Even the ducks were hot and sitting in the shade of some huge oak trees by the lake yesterday. It was almost like I could see the beads of perspiration on their little heads.

There will be times when I'm waiting in the car in the parking lot of Game Stop, my teenage-type offspring's favorite store. I see the birds. Skinny, thirsty-looking birds. They run around the parking lot looking for something to eat/drink. They flail their wings, opening their beaks reminiscent of a dying child in a third world country. I quietly sit and watch as they run to the miniscule puddle of water that has formed from the air conditioning condensation. Happy that they finally are getting the vital liquid that will quench their thirst, it's like they call out to their little birdie friends. Some try to bath in the ever-decreasing puddle until their oasis of relief quickly evaporates. As another vehicle leaves, the opportunity again presents itself for the birds to drink and bathe.

I always turn my AC on full force so as to leave more water for the birds. If I have a drink I usually pour out the ice for them to cool off. I guess I can identify with them because when I'm out in the heat like that, I get thirsty, I get cranky. I get the headache of all headaches. I wonder if birds get headaches.

Rambling thoughts

It's Friday again and I'm doing my usual Friday stuff. Went to Bath and Body again and took little princess to eat lunch. She picked Chinese. I ate veggies and fish. I'm still being good or at least trying.

I've just finished reading Nicholas Sparks' book The Wedding. A wonderful book. This is the first time I read one of his books and now I'm hooked. I'll have to go back to Half Price books to get some more. Maybe I should try Ebay instead.

I found a great online book place, I was hoping I could get some good books cheaper than at Half Price Books. I found book closeouts and ordered some books and was pleasantly surprised to find that shipping for 8 books was only 5 dollars!! I tell you, those people on Ebay rip you off horribly on shipping charges. I did manage to get a set of 4 Nicholas Sparks books on Ebay for a total of 10 bucks including shipping. Not bad considering I paid 6.95 for The Wedding at Half Price Books.

In all my years my admiration for authors has been right up there with my admiration for doctors. An author has a special gift that not many truly possess. Yes, there are authors galore but not all of them are good. Authors of fiction are at the heart of this unparalleled admiration. To have the ability to write a story, that captures the reader's interest, to the point of making the reader feel as if they are living the experience, is amazing. I've always wondered why I wasn't born with that gift.

It's a very hot day today. Reached 97 degrees with a heat index of 100. I made the mistake of taking little princess to the lake to feed the ducks. Ungrateful beasts wouldn't have anything to do with us. Little princess did the droopy shoulder thing and I told her that the lake was full of fish now that it has rained so much. The smart ducks preferred the fish over the bread. Can't say I blame them. She insisted that she wanted to go to the other side and see if she could "convince" them. How do you convince a duck that bread is better than fish?

She ran further down along the embankment. It was so hot I called out to her and told her we needed to leave as I could feel the effects of a headache coming on. I get heat-induced headaches; migraines, really. They are knock-down, horribly painful headaches. I usually crawl into my bed, in a darkened cool room in helpless defeat. Sometimes the pain will be gone after a couple hours, other times it will be there for a couple days. I hate the heat.

Maybe I can convince Mr. Sir to move to Canada. I need to get my thinking cap on and find ways that will not allow him the luxury of making excuses. He's a man, however, and maybe I am asking/expecting too much.

I love to shop even online

Well, looks like I must continue to look for suppliers for my shop. It's hard finding good quality items that I would be proud to have in there. If any of you wholesalers are out there that have items that are just fantastically unique and of good quality, please give me a shout. No mass-produced junk from Asia either, please. I'm picky that way. I did find a Victorian paper company that I will be adding to my list of vendors. Also have Stone Mountain and Costa Leather along with Tignanello for my leather handbags.

I don't like pushy sales people. Just give me your sales pitch and if you are really good you will convince me to buy now rather than later, if you don't, I'll call you back. If you keep calling me and leaving messages I will find another vendor. Simple as that.

I'm going to go look at a space tomorrow and see if I like it. I will also have to get a bigger car so I'm able to haul things back and forth when it's necessary. Talk about spending money, sheesh! I hate car shopping. See, now if I can convince my husband to buy a new truck for himself I won't have to get a new car. I can just use his truck when I need to, right? Yep, that's what I will do.

It's raining again today. I love it, I have a pot of coffee going and I'll be baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies here in a few. Polly can't have any chocolate because she's a parrot, a Quaker parrot. She likes people food. She dances too.

You know there are still times when I miss the routine of going to work every morning, having conversations with adults and getting all dressed up for the office. Now, I must admit, there are days I don't even get out of my PJs, Gasp --- the horror!! I have noticed, however, that my stress headaches are gone; don't miss those nor do I miss the traffic on horrendous LBJ freeway. I do get dressed and put makeup on to go to the store, old habits die hard I guess. I'm going to have to post my friends pics from work here pretty soon. They were all so sweet to me when I worked with them. Hey JPM dudes and dudettes, I miss you guys! Chris, keep them in line cuz you know you da man!