Melissa’s Cozy Teacup

Returned, ‘Persuasion’ to the library. So good. I cried and cried. At the end I hollered at the t.v., ‘go and get your man, girl!’ And she did.

Tech Hubby and I had a, ‘date day’ today. We went to the loose leaf tea store where he treated me to several different kinds. One of the teas is Baroness Grey, a take on Lady Grey I guess. I like Twining’s Lady Grey better. Their , the store’s, Irish Cream tea is okay but I probably would not buy either again. At least, not that brand.

Tasty surprise, Celestial Seasonings, Victorian Earl Grey tea is fabulous, dahling. Very bold flavor.

I just made some dried cherry, almond scones with sliced almonds smashed into the surface of the scone prior to baking. Mmmm, don’t you wish you were here?

Had lunch at Schlotzki’s.

Wish I had a tea business. Wonder if it would survive the economy?

What did you do today?

This is my new thing. I just thought it up. I’m writing about little bits of things with no central theme and lumping them all together in one bowl, so-to-speak.

Lumps

1. Our grass is so long int he back yard that when the squirrel bends down to dig in our yard, all I see is his tail sticking waaay up over the blades. Maybe we should leave the gate open and let the deer graze back there too because the front yard looks great and it was last cut at the same time as the back.

2. Weird people at the grocery store. Tech Hubby and I went to the store to pickup a few things. We’re standing in line and there is this very disgruntled looking woman in front of us. We like to put the separator bars in front and in back of our purchase, just to be nice to the person behind us. TH and I were talking about it and the DL (Disgruntled Lady) acted like she had heard us, picks up the separator from her order, inspects it closely, then sets it on the rail instead of handing it to either of us. Sets it far out of reach on the rail. Okay, either she didn’t hear us or she’s deliberately being difficult. We give her the benefit of the doubt, and TH reaches for the separator and places it behind our order. Cart empty, he takes it and maneuvers it in front of him so when the DL leaves we can load our groceries. I’m reading magazine covers and I hear him talking to her, the DL.. He talks to everyone, what now?

The conversation:

TH-well are you going to bring it back?

DL no! shakes her head, eyebrows raised

TH-are you going to bring us a new one?

DL no! shakes her head eyebrows raised.

Me to TH-did you give her our cart? (she took our cart!)

TH- NO!

I yell over at her (only because there was some distance between us, I did say it with a laugh) -That’s our cart!

DL looks around- so where’s mine?

I’m thinking ‘how should we know’ but figure no big deal we don’t have that much to carry to the car, let her have it. It looks like she’s having a much harder day then we are. She continues to load her groceries into our cart, yes, even after we tell her it’s ours. She walks to the front of the store, looks around confused, talks to herself, rubs her forehead, takes her bags out or our cart then brings the cart back to the lane we are in, leaves it, then walks to the opposite exit. Okaaaaaay. The cashier and we kind of laugh it off. The cashier said DL had not even said hello back to her when she greeted her. On the way home, TH and I prayed for her. Hey, who knows what she has going on in her life. So, if you see someone today, a bit out of it and cranky, say a quick prayer for them. Times are tough. I can imagine that for those who don’t know Jesus, things are much harder.

3. Went to the neighborhood news paper and placed an ad. Absolutely not one single response. Okay, Lord, if that door won’t open, could you make some money grow on that tree in my backyard? Thanks.

4. While at local neighborhood paper placing ad on which I’ve had no response, ad lady said I should send in my resume, maybe the editor would like what I write and who knows? Have not yet sent in resume. I write, but have only been published a couple of times in local, ‘big’ paper.

5. Tech Hubby’s new business cards arrived the other day. They are round. Very cool.

6. My stomach has been in some stage of nausea all week, from mildly irritating to wave upon wave to the point where I think I’m going to loose, ‘it’.

7. No, I’m not pregnant.

8. To the media at large, if the only thing you can find to ‘itch’ about Sarah Palin is how she wears her hair; A. Get a life and B. HELLO?! She’s the future vice president of the USA and you want to talk about her HAIR?! Are you kidding me?! She is beautiful, articulate, a mom, well spoken and classy. She’s not some butched out feminatzi in a skirt. She’s a real woman, with a brain and she’s taking it to the house. The WHITE HOUSE.

9. Have a problem with Palin’s teen aged pregnant daughter? Get over it. Things happen. I’m so glad the baby was not aborted. Christian are, or at least they should be, wise enough to know that we are not exempt from the trials of life. Jesus did not say He was coming to bring us our ‘Best Life Now’, He said as Christians we would experience trials of every kind. It is how we handle those trials that set us apart from the rest of the world, not going through life isolated, protected, unreachable or unrealistic. If we don’t go through the fire, how can we relate to those hurting around us. It’s not, ‘oh so sorry you’re having such a hard time. I can’t relate I’m going to go pray for you while I thank God I’m not in your shoes.’ No, no, it’s, ‘I’ve been there, it hurts, let’s pray together and I’ll keep checking up on you to make sure you are still on the straight and narrow and have not veered off course in your pain and anger and confusion.’ That is what being a Christian is all about.

Finally, lump number

10. It was 56 degrees inside the house this morning. Someone, forgot to turn off the cooler last night.

Have a blessed day everyone. I’m going to go wrap up in a blanket and drink some tea.