I was going through my draft folder this weekend, cleaning up some debris. I was surprised by what I found that I hadn’t told you about. Look at what you missed:
Last summer, the contractor got his backhoe stuck in one of our ponds during a dredging and reconstruction project. I have a ton of photos from the day they came to drag it out. All the neighbors turned out to watch, it was a Big Deal, full of drama and suspense. And hot young men covered in mud. It’s all written, I can’t believe I never showed you.
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This year I woke up on the first day of February to find we had no heat. I wrote a whole post on what a cold and miserable January it had been and what a traitor the furnace was to start the new month off by failing. How come I didn’t post it? I have no idea.
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Over a year ago, I wrote about how our 20-year old beautiful-wood-cabinet TV had finally gone to test-pattern-heaven and I decided not to replace it. I went 4 months watching TV on the kitchen or bedroom sets until I caved and replaced it. But here’s the line from the post that sticks with me most:
The Got Junk people removed the TV along with an ugly queen-sized sleeper sofa that I’ve been wishing would spontaneously combust for years.
Normally I would find a second home for a used piece of furniture, but trust me when I say that sending this item to the landfill was a gift to society. It was at least 40 years old and came with the husband. Here’s how much I hated it: it’s the only piece of furniture that Cleo was encouraged allowed to use as a scratching post. And that’s all I’m saying.
Having that sofa out of the house tickled me as much as the new TV.
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There’s a draft folder with a bunch of links in it, including this one of the Surprised Kitty, which everybody must have seen by now. Some of the links don’t work anymore, some I can’t figure out why I thought they were interesting, and others I’m keeping in reserve.
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Speaking of kittehs, after I had Teddy put to sleep, I wrote a post on how vets handle feral cats. Didn’t post it, probably won’t now, but if you want to know, I’ll send it to you. (I still miss the little bastid.)
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At one point, I had a question about why the Starmore books don’t seem to be fetching the prices they used to. That didn’t go anywhere so you didn’t miss anything there.
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There are a few more posts in the draft folder that might eventually turn into something, including one called “Potential”. After time away from it I realize it is overly pretentious and it’s potential is low. You can’t win them all.
Rewrite!
I had never seen the surprised kitteh video! so for that, thank you!
I am interested in knowing how vets handle feral kittehs. I picture leather gloves that cover the arms as well as the hands.
Starmore books.. I know that 2 or possibly 3 have been reprinted, wishing for more.
Hot young men covered in mud. :^D
You’ve been holding out on us!
Hot young men covered in mud?! Hello!
You may have been too cold to hit publish on that no heat post. ;^)
Does he know how much you love him? You married him knowing he was bring that sofa with him. o.O
Reprinting is my guess with the books, but what do I know?
xo
Fascinating! I don’t have posts, or partial posts, but I do have notepads with picture notations. SOme things just don’t make it to prime time.
The drafts folder is always such a surprise! Please post the stuck backhoe/young men covered in mud post. Clearly your fans want it!
Drafts folder. Huh. Maybe I should try using it – it might empty out my brain a little. You know, free us some space for useful things, like where I put my size 6 circs…
Show the mud guys. Oh yeah.
Going through those can be an interesting trip down memory lane.
I have deleted more than a few drafts that have made me cringe from the pretentiousness.
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