Musings on a Small Life

(Comments are off for this post; it's my "talking out loud," trying to sort things out for myself.) I did a lot of walking yesterday: downtown, around campus for snapshots with the little Elph, then back up. I wasn't inclined to go to any Thanksgiving church service, thank you very much, certainly not after last week's fiasco at the cathedral. And also because, as anyone who reads this knows full well, my beliefs are a potpourri of various doctrines.       So you can imagine my mental balking as my feet somehow, of their own accord, made their way to the United Church I'd been going to, off and on, through the spring and summer. I'd not been since the end of August, when services were still in the hall (slightly cooler). Well, hell's bells. Damned if it wasn't a terrific service. And damned if Bill (reverend) didn't say something that really resonated with me, as he always seems to. And damned again if I didn't know thr...

I went to St. George's Anglican Cathedral for their service this morning, because they were having their annual Blessing of the Animals. (This is the same place I went for Easter service back in April.)   What a bust! Oh, sure, it was fun to see the dogs--probably not more than a dozen--and the one calm cat cradled in his/her human's arms (the cat reminded me of Annie in colouring), but boy, it was loud and chaotic. One young-ish man had to leave with his dog, as it wouldn't stop barking and none of the clergy officiating could be heard properly, even though they were all miked. Then, I was sitting behind a freaking Amazon! Seriously, the woman must have been at least 6-feet tall and wide-shouldered to boot. Not fat, just a tall, solid woman. I couldn't see past her, to the animals or the children's choir (or anyone else), without constantly shifting and craning my head. (BTW, the children would fit in at a high Anglican church in England, with their red ...

It's always like this, my first day back after a few days off. I'm totally disorganized, have so much paper on my desk (and I'm "just" the flunky admin person, not a high-up person) that I don't know where to start, so am ignoring it all and am blogging. Okay, I've done the year-end budget wrap-up already, and have scheduled a meeting, so I've not been completely idle this morning. I'm blaming it all on the fact that I'm wearing the wrong pants! I thought I was wearing black, because my socks are black to match the supposed black slacks, but when I got to the bus stop and looked down at myself in full daylight, I realized I'm wearing navy instead. Not a huge crisis, but I just feel "off," and that's translating into my work day. LOL. *** So, I'm still really happy with the bedroom paint colour. So happy that of course I had added a few smears to the carpet on Saturday, just for that special decorative touch. Not t...

I don't know, but it's flown by. Saturday I went to Value Village, tried on several things, but left with nothing. Hard to believe, I know. I did end up getting a pair of slacks at Northern Reflections, almost 50% off. They were offering 40% off any one item and as it turns out, they also give an additional 10% off (the already discounted price) during the month of your birth. So I lucked in! Then there was the usual grocery shopping, house cleaning, errands, etc. I got home in the early afternoon to discover the family next door gone for the day; yippee! They got back around 11PM last night, I heard someone POUND up the stairs. If that was intended to disturb me it failed, since I had already woken up (maybe subconsciously heard the truck?). This morning I had another problem with my hot water tank. I just had an issue with it on Christmas Eve, had to get a tech out to replace the temperature gauge thingie. This time it was the igniter (it's a gas tank). Appar...