From Dawn to Dusk... the journal |
one woman's journey a day at a time "to touch the cup with eager lips and taste not drain it" |
grow old along with me the best is yet to be... |
Wednesday, July 24, 2002 * special treats... Sitting here with a cat on my lap drinking a cup of black coffee and thinking about my 'special treat' drawer... Do you have a special treat drawer? Or is it just me? Why I'm thinking about it is because I just 'added' to it. Two chocolate Godiva truffles (one with Grand Marnier (sp?) and one with something else - I forget) - but they sounded wonderful and thought that I'd get them and share them with someone one day when we really needed it. There's also a few packets of nutella (great on graham crackers), a small bag of macademia nuts, and a ounce package of Godiva's French Vanilla. You never know when you might just need a "lift". Mama needs a lift today, but she doesn't like chocolate. She woke up feeling 'not right'. I know that feeling from Migraines, etc.... but hers comes from difficulty sleeping. She hardly sleeps at night and it makes her feel terrible in the morning. Does try medication and walking and other things, but seems that she will sleep so-so one night and hardly at all the other. It's been this way for years... Once she's up and about, she feels better. We got up and went to Mass and coffee early and then I took her to the SC for Bingo. While she socialized, I shopped a little rather than going back home. Picked up my Godiva truffles and checked out the bookstore. Getting to enjoy the Sweetie Pie Brown (cat) mysteries more. It's like all the others (the Cat Who's by Brun, the Catering Mysteries by Davidson, and the Herb Mysteries by Albert) - once you become familiar with the characters, their small towns, etc., you kind of get into it. Still reading "Simple Abundance" and "An Open Heart", but also reading Nora Robert's 3rd part of the trilogy of 3 Sisters Island, "Face the Fire". Find that since the first two (Simple Abundance, etc.) are not stories per se, I can pick them up and continue anytime without it mattering where I left off. Also thinking about the possibility of going back to work. Don't really want to do this, but know the need may present itself. Mama wouldn't want me to and I'm not too crazy about the idea myself. I do love owning my own time. Thought I could maybe get one of my stories published one day and nullify the need to rejoin the work force. But since I'm really not into the marketing side of it, don't know how that will ever happen. Someone told me you could publish your own book... and then put it in some bookstores and see how it goes. Guess that's an idea. Never seriously considered marketing my stories...that's part of the problem. Enjoy writing them so much that publishing them has never been a priority. But if it could keep me from having to go back to work...maybe I should get on the stick. Better go. Have to walk my miles, plan supper, do a few chores, and catch up on my journals. I still haven't read the last 2 days worth. Rian Such an ugly plant and such a beautiful bloom! Close up the petals look like feathers and I can't even begin to describe the scent! |
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