2014 - Day 339/26 - Friday...

Today had its share of ups and downs, but the ups definitely ruled.  I will talk about the ups, not the downs.  Pay attention.

First off was a visit to the board to participate in the new member orientation.  I do PAC and Ethics, definitely something I enjoy and I think the new members learn something by the time I have finished.  Then to my office to speak with a couple clients (one in person and one via long distance).  Check.  Then it was off to visit Emily and to see my journal hits jump dramatically just because I posted an "ussie".  That's okay, I can take it.  Emily is definitely more popular than I am, and I can accept that fact and I am comfortable being able to admit that.

I think we both had a great time talking and gossiping, I know for sure I did.  I miss Emily, happy that I am able to go and visit her, and glad that we get to visit every now and then.

Deeds, A
ctions, Changes, EMILY, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2014 - Day 338/27 - Thursday...

Don't be talkin' no smack talk about the Bobble-Head-Bill, you hear me?  Bobble-Head-Bill can take your puny Bobble-Head any day of the week with his Bobble-Spring tied behind his back.  You get it? 

It is Thursday, which means it is one day away from Friday.  That is not a bad thing!  I got a little bit of work done today, along with some other stuff.  Okay, it was mostly stuff, but it was a good day!  Office work in the morning, office lunch for a late birthday luncheon, then a listing appointment in the afternoon.  Life is good.

Tomorrow is going to be a good day, too.  New member orientation in the morning, office work in the late afternoon, phone call early afternoon with a client out of the country, and then I will go visit Emily in the late(r) part of the afternoon.  If she agrees to another selfie with me, that will make my numbers go up dramatically.  Emily is a big site-draw, not that I'm jealous or anything, but a cover photo with Emily and an Emily update is going to put my blog hits go through the roof.

Stay tuned!

Deeds, Actions, Changes, EMILY, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2014 - Day 337/28 - Wednesday...

...and it is HUMP DAY...and my birthday (34th or maybe 39th is you are going Celsius)
...and the day of my last BOD meeting as the association President.  All-in-all not a bad day, if I do say so myself.  Let me be clear...I am still in charge until 11:59 on December 31st...just to be clear!  We also had a Past Presidents luncheon, and I was presented with a birthday cake (socks) and a good time was had by all! 

Have I mentioned lately that I am the luckiest man in the world?

Just checking!

Deeds, Actions, Changes, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2014 - Day 336/29 - Tuesday...

This is kind of the way I feel right now.  A HOT MESS!  It is kind of an indication of how my day went.  A HOT MESS!  I hope it is not an indication of how the rest of my week will be!  I don't think so, really.  Things are slackening up as we get towards the end of the week.

Today I had an all day meeting, and that was a good and productive thing.  No more meetings for this particular group until January.  Tomorrow is my last Board meeting as President of our Association, and I am conflicted about it. I have enjoyed it very much, and will miss the interaction and the good work that we (all the Directors) do as a Board.  As was coined by one of my mentors, today I am a peacock, tomorrow I will be a feather duster.

Boo-Hoo!

Deeds, Actions, Changes, MESSES, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2014 - Day 335/30 - Monday...

We went from a high temperature yesterday in the 80's to a high temperature today in the 60's.  And that was at midnight last night.  Temps lowered throughout the day, right now it is 41 degrees on the edge of nowhere, and it is supposed to get close to the freezing mark by tomorrow morning.  I do not actually think it is going to freeze, but it will be close.  This particular spot on the edge of nowhere is on a high place, and we are usually three or four degrees warmer than other places around us.  That is a good thing in cooler weather, but I have not really put that theory into study during the hottest times of the summer.  BUT, it is cool enough that I am glad that I cleaned out the stove yesterday, and there is a lovely fire burning right now.  Jody likes that!

I did a lot of running around today, which included getting my hair cut.  Just in case you were wondering, I try to get my hair cut on the last Friday of the month or the first Monday of the month.  Nothing OCD about that, nothing at all.  Errands here and there, all day meeting tomorrow, all day meeting on Wednesday, and then a break on Thursday and Friday.  I have a lunch meeting on Thursday, and a listing appointment on Thursday afternoon.  Telephone appointment on Friday afternoon.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, BLAH!

Deeds, Actions, Changes, FIRE, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2014 - Day 334/31 - Sunday...

There is not a cricket to be found outside our house on the edge of nowhere.  Neither Jody nor I have seen a cricket outside the house this year.  Not even in the garage.  That is because all the crickets are INSIDE the house.  Live crickets.  Dead crickets (often in multiples).  Crippled crickets.  Fornicating (allegedly) crickets.  I say allegedly because I have never seen a movie or power-point presentation on the mating habits of crickets.  Not even in Junior High School Health Class.  Chirping Crickets.  Hiding Crickets (preferably in the t-shirt or pull-over jacket I put on after rising from a troubled nights sleep.  That is because there are crickets in the bed clothes.  I do not think the crickets sleep, I think they just die.  No crickets outside, but plenty of crickets (see above) inside.

The same with leaves.  No leaves on the trees or shrubbery or ground out here on the edge of nowhere.  They are all in the pool.  Don't believe me?  Ask Denny!

And don't get me started about chicken sh*t.

Deeds, Actions, Changes, CRICKETS, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2014 - Day 333/32 - Saturday...

It was 77 degrees in Austin today, probably the same out here on the edge of nowhere.  This is a photo of the sunset, very pretty indeed.

After sleeping late, I made a pile of eggs for me and Jody, and then I headed into Austin to run some errands and do some other secret stuff.  Just stuff.  I did go to the office to check things out.  Okay, I also did a little bit for the economy today.  Did some small shopping.  Something that has never happened before, happened today.  I was taking bales of hay out to the cattle this afternoon, and I cold not get the first bale off the hay fork.  I had to peel that sucker off like an onion.  There is hay strewn from one end to the other out there.  The second bale cooperated as was expected, but you never know what is going t happen out here.  After that, I gathered up Jody and we went back into Georgetown for lunch, cam home and we both went down for naps.

Tomorrow is chicken coop cleaning day, and more fence work.

Deeds, Actions, Changes, HAY BALES, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!