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Thoughts on the Day

  • Just because it’s kind of drippy out doesn’t mean I can’t work in the garden.
    • Where would I be without my beloved Irish Woman to keep me on the straight and narrow?
    • Who needs to nap anyway?  I can sleep when I’m dead.
  • Our strawberry patch is growing.  We had to re-allocate one of the raised beds for strawberries, and plans for an additional bed are in the works.
  • I must remember to ask forgiveness of the Lord for the evil things I thought about my fellow man today.
    • I did not mean it when I said I hope that the people who blocked the aisle at the grocery store as they lined up for free samples choke and turn blue right then and there.
    • I do not really ask that the woman who had to handle each and every package of hamburger, thereby holding me up at the meat counter, then decided she wanted pork chops instead, breaks a bone or two.
    • I did not really mean it when I thought that the man who had to use a 30 word description of his coffee this morning should burn his tongue so badly he would never taste anything again.
    • I feel bad about the predictions I made about the future of the ‘rambunctious’ teenagers who made going through the department store a rather hellish experience this afternoon.
  • I did, however, remember to be pleasant with the nice county sheriff’s deputy who approached me at the gas station to tell me that my one of my headlights is out.
    • Looking at what it takes to get those things out in my truck, I’m going to wait until it’s not dark and raining to replace them.
  • You could say it’s been raining a lot lately.  I know this because Irish Woman dug a two foot deep hole yesterday and it was half full of water before it started raining today.
  • Taking Bluegrass to the veterinarian as a 12-year-old dog is much easier than taking Bluegrass to the vet as a 2-year-old dog.
    • When she was two, it took three full-grown adults to hold her steady for her exam and vaccination.  Today, all it took was the promise of a bone and some scratching behind the ears.
    • She was very high energy and strong.  I didn’t know this when we got her, but her bloodline was bred for search and rescue, which explains why she was able to drag me for an extra five yards after initial contact in a tackle.
    • Bonus – She did not try to drive the truck on the way home, which has happened before.
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  1. Good luck with the strawberries… And remember, snakes LOVE to hide under strawberry/blackberry plants…

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