One Day at a Time — Day 4 — Too Much Excitement

Joshua told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you."  Joshua 3:5

I have been interested in prepping for a long time, I like the idea of being prepared for things — if the weather is bad, if a pipe bursts, if the grocery store doesn’t have something … I think preparation is a good thing — forever a Girl Scout I am.   However, in the long run, the first thing we need to prep is our relationship with God and that is what today’s verse is alluding to.  

Yesterday proved to be more exciting than I was prepared for.  We went for lunch as usual to a restaurant across the highway.  As we were coming home we exited the highway and turned into our regular shopping center — cutting through to get home if you will.  We traveled our usual route through the parking lot when we  came upon a large number of  emergency vehicles — a fire truck, several police cars and an ambulance was headed that way.  There were two cars in various states of disrepair on the road.  There was a person on the ground with people around him and people lining the sidewalks watching.

We were able to pass and went on our way figuring there had been a car accident.  The stop signs in this shopping center aren’t easy to see so it is safe to assume that an accident wasn’t out of the question.

Well, that wasn’t a safe assumption.  Seems Car A hit Car B in the Olive Garden parking lot and didn’t stop.  A chase ensued and ended in gunfire.  One person ended up in the hospital, the other in jail.  Sadly the first person passed due to his injuries.

This was before noon.

What is wrong with people.  That was enough excitement to last me for — well — ever.  As one person commenting on the situation on FB said “this is why I sit in my backyard and order online”.  

I have pulled my sketchbook out and am playing with pencil and paper.  In my dotage I wish I had been as interested in art when I was young and trainable as I am now but, alas, I wasn’t.  I can’t draw — I didn’t get the gene.  But I like to try and I like to doodle and I fancy myself one day being able to draw a tree.  Yes, I  know what you are thinking…..a tree?

Yes, I love trees — the craggy old trees you find in pictures of storybook woods.  The kind that always have tufts of grass at the exposed roots with maybe a stray daffodil coming up and the ears of a bunny hiding behind the big chunky root.  

I am not too bad with the trunks but it is the upper branches that have me confuzzled as Bean would say.  I will continue because at some point I am going to be able to draw a tree.  I wish my father was here, he could help me but I wasn’t interested when I had him around and now…well, anyway.

Speaking of Bean, I think I mentioned that she had her first date —a trip to the mall with the BoyFriend.  Her mother was a few paces back as they “shopped”.  Apparently it was a rousing success and they are still speaking — all of them, girl and BF and girl and mother.  I would say that was a win-win.

So, now Missy Bean has decided she needed to start wearing makeup.  A month ago she wasn’t having it but how quickly young minds change.  As anybody who has read this blog knows, she is fair, Celtic complected with gorgeous red hair.  None of which works well with black mascara.  So, her mother and her mother’s friend took her and her little friend P on a “fun day” and they arranged for a makeup consultant at Sephora to help them.  Bean came home with $100 worth of the most gorgeous, absolutely invisible makeup available.  Her consultant found some mascara that would work with pale, nondescernable eyelashes in a shade of warm brown, a beautiful “twinkle blush” by Benefit (Dandelion Twinkle), an eye shadow palate of light corals, pinks and taupes (Tarte)  and some lovely coral lip gloss, Sephora brand (had to sell some Sephora product).  When she emerged from school yesterday, even after a full day at school, she was absolutely glowing.  I didn’t even realize she had the makeup on because it is such subdued colors but she just glowed.  So that just goes to show you, redheads CAN wear mascara!  

I remember when I first saw her a bit after she was born, that transparent skin and red/blond hair, and my first words to her parents were “she is absolutely gorgeous but she will never wear black mascara”.  Nona knows.

So, I woke up this morning with the leader or muscle or something essential in the back of my knee totally cramping up.  I have been hobbling around unable to stretch my leg out at all so I guess, after I have my cup of tea, I should get up and walk around.  I should probably take something too.  I need to start taking the glucosamine I bought but honestly, I am afraid of it so I am going to wait until I get it approved by the doctor.  

I have given up coffee again.  I have been having non-stop panic attacks for the last week and I blame it on my coffee consumption.  My husband is a coffee addict and he encourages me and I have gone many years without caffeine and now I have started drinking it and I don’t think it is doing me any favors.  So, I am back to tea and will start drinking some green tea again and hopefully that will help my knees. I need to get some cherry juice as well.  

Oh, I got my new embroidery hoop so I am going to spend part of the day reducing my cross stitch stash and taking it to the charity shop bin this afternoon.  

Here it is — 

It is hefty and smooth and feels so good inhand.  I started working on a piece that I put down to do the Stranger Things piece and I have been working inhand but I don’t think it is going as well because the count is finer and I need it in a hoop.  So, I am anxious to try this one.  I am waiting though for some twill tape to come, from the same company, made in France, to bind the inner hoop with to help with slipping. I am so excited and I am excited to refine my supplies — you know you can have too much of a good thing!

So, I am off to try to do something for my knee, have another cuppa and get some laundry hung.  Half the oak tree has blown in the back door so I have to do leaf control too and that will destroy my back.  But, once I get it done I can enjoy another video by The Unexpected Gypsy.

Have a lovely day!