Okay, so I'm going out of my mind right now trying to get way too much done in way too little time. We leave tomorrow for Keith's mother's house in Arkansas for Thanksgiving. I still have to do laundry and pack. I still have to pick up prescriptions at Kroger. I still have to finish putting Christmas out at the booths.
And we have tickets to see this guy tonight.
Keith used to sing that song and dance with our still much-loved and much-missed kitty Basil. He was the big old goofy man and she was the big old goofy girl. He'd change the part about the big old goofy world from "Ooo Baby" to "Ooo Basil."
The legendary John Prine is a longtime favorite of this household.
Here's a more recent clip doing another old favorite.
I plan on posting some from the road, so if you're bored next week, you can check out my besotted ravings. Okay, maybe not totally besotted, but at least slightly sotty.
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Friday, November 20, 2015
Wouldja believe Friday Rambles?
Let's begin with a thought from a classic:
That's kind of the way I'm feeling these days. Too much to do and not enough time to do it. Every time I get started on something, I find three things that need to be done first before I can do what I started on. Aiiieeeeee!
We leave Tuesday for Arkansas to spend Thanksgiving with Keith's mother. I'm looking forward to the visit, but it's a long drive. I also have treatment on Tuesday. Seems like we did it that way last year too. I wanted to see about re-scheduling the treatment, so we could leave earlier, but she kind of insisted I stick to my schedule. She's had kind of a rough year, so I'm looking forward to seeing her.
So what all do I still need to do?
LAUNDRY!! I'm not sure about Arkansas, but Kentucky frowns on nude Thanksgiving visits.
SHOPPING! I got some road snacks at the Peddlers Mall last night, but we still need a few more things.
PACKING! I'm not sure where the suitcases went after we got back from San Francisco. I'd hate to have to carry those clean clothes in grocery bags. Keith already calls me a bag lady because I carry a reuseable grocery bag with a bunch of stuff in it wherever I go. I need to pick out my trip reading and find the laptop.
BLOGGING! (and commenting and answering emails) This is going to have to do for this week's (late) ramble and next week's (early) ramble. At least it will replace Bo Donaldson's face that's been hanging around a bit too long. I'm hoping to get a few posts scheduled to carry us through the holiday and our trip. Expect some long overdue posts for your reading pleasure.
CHIQUITO! I need to get things ready for the person who'll be taking care of him while we're gone, so she knows the drill. We stocked up on cat treats last week and have enough food to get through until we get back.
WINTERIZING! I still need to put away some yard things before the cold weather hits. We've also got to take the A/C out of the window before we leave.
BOOTHING! Sales have stunk most of the month. Last night as the first good weekday report I've gotten since the first. Weekends have been really good, but that all dries up come Monday. People just ain't shopping. Or if they are, they ain't buying much. Interestingly, I am now selling some small furniture in dribs and drabs, but the smalls trade, which is my bread and butter, has dried up considerably. Cue wailing and gnashing of teeth. I am hoping that this is just the lull before Thanksgiving.
On the upside, that has made for an easy booth upkeep for the last couple of weeks. I've got 90% of the Christmas out now. Sunday and Monday, I'm going to spend the day there, doing a super-duper tidy and rearrange and stock, since it will be the last chance to get ready for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. I'm pulling the last of the Thanksgiving stuff and putting the rest of the Christmas in its place.
I also need to finish the current tidy session on my junk room, which is about halfway done. I want to have a load priced up to take when we get back. I have an idea that should let me put four (!) new shelves in and a ton of new smalls, but that is going to have to wait until we're home. Of course, putting in shelves means that the elevation of Sorrow Mountain drops a bit, which is always a good thing. I am hoping to terraform the Mountain and the Hillock together by the end of the year.
CLEANING! Week before last, I cleaned off my desk by dumping everything into a large tub, which has been sitting in front of my dresser ever since. I want that to go away before we leave. Also, the fridge needs to be cleaned out before we go.
THIS AND THAT! I need to get prescriptions refilled. I need to pay the water bill. I need to go see if the metal lawn chairs listed as freebies on Craigslist last night that are two streets over from us are still there. (Probably not.) I need to call my brother. I need to cash in my change jar. I need to clean all the tubs and boxes out of Mazda. I need to do the dishes. I need to ponder where the magic elves that are supposed to help with all this shit have hied themselves off to. (That's the thing about magic elves that few people know. You have to talk to them in Shakespearean, or at least King James, English. They don't understand modern. So they haven't run away. They have hied themselves hither.)
COMIC BOOKS! The second annual Cavalcade of Comics is tomorrow, and none of the list above is going to make me miss it. It's a great show, not really a con, since there are no panels or costume contests. There will probably be a few cosplayers though. Everyone loves an excuse to dress up as Batman. It's retail focused, so there will be lots for sale, which is why I'm going. Last year, I got some great bargains on some great stuff. I've been looking forward to this one all year. It will be the last major shopping spurt for me until the New Year Big Flea. Besides, how often do you get to use the word "cavalcade" in conversation??
So, yeah. I got lots to do. I guess I better get started. But first, I've got to get another cup of coffee. And pet the kitty. He never gets any attention--to hear him tell it anyway. You all, however, can enjoy some awesome super-hero Lego art.
We leave Tuesday for Arkansas to spend Thanksgiving with Keith's mother. I'm looking forward to the visit, but it's a long drive. I also have treatment on Tuesday. Seems like we did it that way last year too. I wanted to see about re-scheduling the treatment, so we could leave earlier, but she kind of insisted I stick to my schedule. She's had kind of a rough year, so I'm looking forward to seeing her.
So what all do I still need to do?
LAUNDRY!! I'm not sure about Arkansas, but Kentucky frowns on nude Thanksgiving visits.
SHOPPING! I got some road snacks at the Peddlers Mall last night, but we still need a few more things.
PACKING! I'm not sure where the suitcases went after we got back from San Francisco. I'd hate to have to carry those clean clothes in grocery bags. Keith already calls me a bag lady because I carry a reuseable grocery bag with a bunch of stuff in it wherever I go. I need to pick out my trip reading and find the laptop.
BLOGGING! (and commenting and answering emails) This is going to have to do for this week's (late) ramble and next week's (early) ramble. At least it will replace Bo Donaldson's face that's been hanging around a bit too long. I'm hoping to get a few posts scheduled to carry us through the holiday and our trip. Expect some long overdue posts for your reading pleasure.
CHIQUITO! I need to get things ready for the person who'll be taking care of him while we're gone, so she knows the drill. We stocked up on cat treats last week and have enough food to get through until we get back.
WINTERIZING! I still need to put away some yard things before the cold weather hits. We've also got to take the A/C out of the window before we leave.
BOOTHING! Sales have stunk most of the month. Last night as the first good weekday report I've gotten since the first. Weekends have been really good, but that all dries up come Monday. People just ain't shopping. Or if they are, they ain't buying much. Interestingly, I am now selling some small furniture in dribs and drabs, but the smalls trade, which is my bread and butter, has dried up considerably. Cue wailing and gnashing of teeth. I am hoping that this is just the lull before Thanksgiving.
On the upside, that has made for an easy booth upkeep for the last couple of weeks. I've got 90% of the Christmas out now. Sunday and Monday, I'm going to spend the day there, doing a super-duper tidy and rearrange and stock, since it will be the last chance to get ready for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. I'm pulling the last of the Thanksgiving stuff and putting the rest of the Christmas in its place.
I also need to finish the current tidy session on my junk room, which is about halfway done. I want to have a load priced up to take when we get back. I have an idea that should let me put four (!) new shelves in and a ton of new smalls, but that is going to have to wait until we're home. Of course, putting in shelves means that the elevation of Sorrow Mountain drops a bit, which is always a good thing. I am hoping to terraform the Mountain and the Hillock together by the end of the year.
CLEANING! Week before last, I cleaned off my desk by dumping everything into a large tub, which has been sitting in front of my dresser ever since. I want that to go away before we leave. Also, the fridge needs to be cleaned out before we go.
THIS AND THAT! I need to get prescriptions refilled. I need to pay the water bill. I need to go see if the metal lawn chairs listed as freebies on Craigslist last night that are two streets over from us are still there. (Probably not.) I need to call my brother. I need to cash in my change jar. I need to clean all the tubs and boxes out of Mazda. I need to do the dishes. I need to ponder where the magic elves that are supposed to help with all this shit have hied themselves off to. (That's the thing about magic elves that few people know. You have to talk to them in Shakespearean, or at least King James, English. They don't understand modern. So they haven't run away. They have hied themselves hither.)
COMIC BOOKS! The second annual Cavalcade of Comics is tomorrow, and none of the list above is going to make me miss it. It's a great show, not really a con, since there are no panels or costume contests. There will probably be a few cosplayers though. Everyone loves an excuse to dress up as Batman. It's retail focused, so there will be lots for sale, which is why I'm going. Last year, I got some great bargains on some great stuff. I've been looking forward to this one all year. It will be the last major shopping spurt for me until the New Year Big Flea. Besides, how often do you get to use the word "cavalcade" in conversation??
So, yeah. I got lots to do. I guess I better get started. But first, I've got to get another cup of coffee. And pet the kitty. He never gets any attention--to hear him tell it anyway. You all, however, can enjoy some awesome super-hero Lego art.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Monday Rambles
Every so often, I have this fear that I'll have nothing to ramble about come Monday. Most of my weeks are just not that interesting. Like this last one for example, where all I did was try, unsuccessfully, to catch up with stuff.
Seriously, I have so much posting, house cleaning, pricing and photo taking to catch up on that it is not even funny. I have declared a moratorium on yard sales until I get all this stuff done and, more importantly, out of the house!
There really isn't that much to share this time, but my blogging has been so very much off-kilter lately that I feel I do need to put something up. Hell, this is the second week in a row that Monday Rambles is going up on a Tuesday. Sigh!
I know that my quirky, eccentric nature is part of my charm--well, that and my boyish good looks--but this is getting to be a little ridiculous.
There are some things that I want to write about, but within the context of other things, so I need to hold off a little bit on them. Plus get organized. Plus get caught up. Plus do some other stuff.
It's a never-ending cycle, I tell you!
Ironically enough, this may be the most rambly ramble I've done in a while. Much ado about nothing and all that.
I can say that June has been a really good booth sales month. A very nice bounce-back from May. I just need to ponder how to keep that going. Interestingly, after I cleaned and spruced the place last week, my sales actually dipped! Not precipitously, but they were off for several days. That's not the first time that has happened either. Sometimes, my spaces seem to defy the generally accepted common logic.
There's a post in that somewhere.
Oh great! Something else to throw on the list.
I think I'll go. I need to trim my mustache. (That's on the list, too. I'm getting shaggy here.)
Scan tomorrow. Think I'll do some thrifting after that's done. The yard sale moratorium does not extend to the thrifts. Yes, I am inconsistent. Also eccentric and boyishly handsome and shaggy.
Seriously, I have so much posting, house cleaning, pricing and photo taking to catch up on that it is not even funny. I have declared a moratorium on yard sales until I get all this stuff done and, more importantly, out of the house!
There really isn't that much to share this time, but my blogging has been so very much off-kilter lately that I feel I do need to put something up. Hell, this is the second week in a row that Monday Rambles is going up on a Tuesday. Sigh!
I know that my quirky, eccentric nature is part of my charm--well, that and my boyish good looks--but this is getting to be a little ridiculous.
There are some things that I want to write about, but within the context of other things, so I need to hold off a little bit on them. Plus get organized. Plus get caught up. Plus do some other stuff.
It's a never-ending cycle, I tell you!
Ironically enough, this may be the most rambly ramble I've done in a while. Much ado about nothing and all that.
I can say that June has been a really good booth sales month. A very nice bounce-back from May. I just need to ponder how to keep that going. Interestingly, after I cleaned and spruced the place last week, my sales actually dipped! Not precipitously, but they were off for several days. That's not the first time that has happened either. Sometimes, my spaces seem to defy the generally accepted common logic.
There's a post in that somewhere.
Oh great! Something else to throw on the list.
I think I'll go. I need to trim my mustache. (That's on the list, too. I'm getting shaggy here.)
Scan tomorrow. Think I'll do some thrifting after that's done. The yard sale moratorium does not extend to the thrifts. Yes, I am inconsistent. Also eccentric and boyishly handsome and shaggy.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
So Much To Do!
Ack! No time to blog! Too much to do!
The long delayed yard sale is today!
I've got to:
Get the tables out of the shed
Take them out back
Get the boxes out of the shed
Put the pricing signs on the tables
Unpack the boxes
Make the tables look neat and attractive
Get the bags and paper to wrap stuff
Get ready for the sellers
Sell stuff
Make change
Keep the tables neat
Sell more stuff
And so on and so forth!
That's quite a list!
You know who else has quite a list? These gals:
Or at least the gal they're singing about does.
One of my faves, by the way, as well as one of my nicknames and my mottos.
The long delayed yard sale is today!
I've got to:
Get the tables out of the shed
Take them out back
Get the boxes out of the shed
Put the pricing signs on the tables
Unpack the boxes
Make the tables look neat and attractive
Get the bags and paper to wrap stuff
Get ready for the sellers
Sell stuff
Make change
Keep the tables neat
Sell more stuff
And so on and so forth!
That's quite a list!
You know who else has quite a list? These gals:
Or at least the gal they're singing about does.
One of my faves, by the way, as well as one of my nicknames and my mottos.
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