Baby-sitting

Tonight Jeff and I watched our nephew Aidan (Jess and Frosh's baby) for a couple hours while they ran some errands in Bradford. I changed him, and walked with him, and we gave him a bottle. Babies yell a lot, is something I have realized. It must be hard to be that little, and not be able to communicate what's wrong with you very well. You're wet, you cry, you're hungry, you cry, you are lonely, you cry, you are tired, you cry. He is absolutely adorable though. He can smile a little now, and he makes cute little giggly and cooey noises when he is happy.

I am tired now, and since thankfully I am not a 3 month old, I can put myself to bed. With a nice cup of tea.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Shallow and Deep Thoughts

Shallow Thoughts - I saw two incredibly ugly cars today. One was a hot pink Taurus and one was this ugly shiny yellow-green Saturn. I think the color might be called chartreuse. They were eyesores and I hope they get charged higher insurance rates because they are so ugly that they are distracting to other drivers.

Deep Thoughts - I took a walk today when I got home from work. I walked over to Campus Drive and up to the gym, then back along the trail by the creek. On the trail there are stone benches that have been dedicated as memorials to those who have passed by their family and friends. It made me think about my Grandma Dot. I think a bench along a walking trail would be a fitting memorial for her because some of my favorite memories of her are taking walks with her and her sister, my Great Aunt Evie, on summer evenings. We'd walk about a mile, from her store in West Hickory out of town to the foot of Tank Hill and back. It was always interesting to hear her and Aunt Evie talk about the old school that used to be in West Hickory, the old houses we would pass, and the people who used to live in the area. And then I remembered that for some reason, in the spring I always end up thinking about death, and endings. This morning, I noticed that on my calendar that today is the anniversary of Scott Cunningham's passing. For those of you who don't know, Scott Cunningham is a rather prolific Wiccan author. His book, Wicca, A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, was one of the first to say, "Not everyone can find a coven or a teacher, and this beautiful, Earth-based religion should be shared with anyone who wants to learn about it." So I lit a candle for him this morning while I drank my tea. It has always seemed strange to me that I think about death during the springtime, because spring is about new beginnings, and things starting over again. Life is blooming all around me. I saw buds and seed pods forming on the trees and bushes along the road and the trail today. Maybe it's the weather in part, because 50 degrees and a cold wind feels the same in October or March here in Bradford. Or maybe it's because before you can have a new beginning, there is always an ending. To plant new crops, you have to turn the old growth in the fields over into the soil. Death fertilizes life, and the Wheel Turns.

Merry Part and Blessed Be

Cavemen prefer full figured ladies!

I knew there was a reason I loved those Geico commercials with the cavemen! Check out this article from the Discovery Channel!

On the hunt

I printed up my first resume in about 2 years today. I will send it out with tomorrow's mail. The job is with Northwest Consumer Discount company, which is apparently a subsidiary of Northwest Savings Bank. The job would be at their Bradford branch. It'd be nice to work right in town, plus I bet they have banker's hours, so I'd have off every holiday and weekends too. So keep your fingers crossed for me! I am going to look for some other places to send resumes to.

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

What happens down in Mexico...

Apparently happens in my dreams. I had a dream shortly before waking up this morning that I was in this little Mexican neighborhood. I was following two men, and we went into this little house. The men ordered two beers and I ordered a tequila. The drink the women in the house prepared for me was strange. It was savory and cold, a brown and frothy. It had tequila in it, and garlic, and lime squeezed into it. Once I started drinking it, I head back out into the crush of people and found one of the men I had been travelling with. He was leaning over a beautiful young woman who looked like Natalie Portman. Maybe it was Natalie Portman. She rejected his advances, but seemed very interested in me. We were planning to go back to my seedy Mexican hotel room when I woke up.

And after I woke up and got around, the first thing I saw on TV was a Tempur-pedic commercial. Jeff and I are seriously discussing getting one once our tax refund comes in. And I just had the thought while writing this that if I have a more comfortable mattress, maybe I wouldn't wake up just when my dreams were getting interesting!

Merry Part and Blessed Be!

Man V. Wild

Just surfing around the Discovery Channel website and found some video clips of our new favorite show, Man V. Wild. I think you ladies will see why I like the show so much. I was going to link a video clip, but it isn't working, so I just linked the main page for the show on the Discovery Channel website.

Enjoy! Merry Part and Blessed Be!