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Staircase Thoughts

l'esprit de l'escalier, staircase thoughts


Those thoughts you have hours after a fight or confrontation or insult, that are wise and witty.
Unfortunately the person deserving those comebacks are long gone.

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But Chainsaws make such a MESS!

Chainsaws make a big old mess of SAW DUST. This isn't The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.....yet.

My cowboy said he'll take the last bunkbed out of the house and we can get one more queen sized bed.

I've been putting off asking until he was rested. I've been putting it off for SIX YEARS.

I've hesitated to ask not because of buying the new bed. It's taking out the old bunkbed. He's going to have to rip it apart because it won't fit through the door.

And, I know this because........when I bought it.....20 years ago....My Cowboy assembled it in our much larger dining room (there is no dining in this room, that is a poorly chosen term) right outside the bedroom then IT WOULDN'T FIT THROUGH THE DOOR AND HE HAD TO DIS-ASSEMBLE IT AND RE-ASSEMBLE IT IN THE BEDROOM.

There was.......(searching for the right word here) acute unhappiness involved in that moment.

He vowed if I ever wanted it out he'd take the thing out with a chain saw. Part of the reason I've hesitated to mention it to him, though our bunk bed days are long over.

Chainsaws make such a MESS.

I'm thinking of it as the Nebraska Chainsaw Massacre.

This bunk bed is just built like some sort of ... Hoover Dam project or something, all thick wood and bolts, no handy joints that snap together and apart.
Rock solid, though. So sturdy it'll probably survive (provided it avoids a confrontation with a chainsaw) like the Roman Colliseum.
If you look at the picture (and ignore the dust for heaven's sake) you can see the bolt holes. This is HEAVY construction.
And yet the bed was really cheap. Probably because when I bought it, I was looking at the floor model. Then they loaded a stack of two by fours and bolts into my pick-up.
Some assembly required!

Well, last night I finally asked for the bed to be banished. My Cowboy said he'd tackle the project. (although his true response was someone less perky sounding than this) He didn't mention his chainsaw and I didn't remind him but I sensed he remembered.

If anyone wants a bunk bed I've got one....free (some disassembly and re-assembly required)
But you've got to move fast. He'll probably get right on it. I suspect you've only got SIX YEARS to get the thing out of here.

In the meantime, if I knew where it was, I'd hide the chainsaw.

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Today is my day on Seekerville

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"Yeah, or something did."

So, a few weeks back I was visited by a miracle cat who appeared (miraculously) on Memorial Saturday when I had my grandbabies to entertain.
That cat was a lot of help.
It didn't change diapers or anything but it kept the kids entertained for a long time.
We fed it leftovers to keep it hanging around so the kids would be able to stare at it.

So, now the 'miracle cat' is hanging around a lot.
We believe it is our neighbor's cat. We think it rode here in my cowboy's pickup somehow.

Since it's tamed down we could catch it and return it to our neighbors.
Except some facts:
It's female (we assume that because it's calico)
It's spring

ergo
It must've had kittens because that's what cats do in the spring. We haven't seen them but still...........it stands to reason.

So, just in case.......we can't return her because her kittens would starve to death. Kittens are born here sometimes on the old ranch, but we pay no attention to them. They're more feral than tame so we don't really get involved.

Still, we don't want to STARVE BABIES TO DEATH BY STEALING THEIR MOTHER!
Egad!
(*Note---the neighbors are fully aware of this situation and aren't pushing for their cat back....go figure!)
So, we can't return the cat until the Kitten Question is answered.

So, anyway, regardless of the Kitten Question, my cowboy the other day said to me, "Get some cat food."
I said, "No, you give a cat a serving of cat food it eats for a day. You teach a cat to catch mice or starve it eats for a lifetime."

But then later, in Decatur
(wow, that's a rhyme)
Later in Decatur I weakened and bought some dog food because Decatur didn't have cat food. (small town)

I actually phoned my cowboy and he reminded me of my cruel plans to make the cat hunt or die. Honestly, it's not THAT cruel........................if the cat can hunt.

But anyway, we debated nonexistant cat food vs existant dog food and I got the dog food.

So, then, I put out a tiny dish of dog cat food and my cowboy, who rarely listens to me (go figure) put out a larger dish of dog cat food because he didn't know I'd already put some out.

That was three days ago.

This morning I looked out and saw BOTH DISHES EMPTY.

I said, (cheerfully for a woman who's not of a generous heart in the feeding of semi-wild pets who have moved into my home without permission) "The Cat Found the FOOD!"

To which my cowboy said, "Yeah, or something did."

Something? What something?
Like skunks and possums and raccoons? Like rats and weasels and...and...and MOUNTAIN LIONS??

(you'd never guess it but I have a really terrific imagination...thus the novel writing!)

All of a sudden I remember that my policy of not feeding cats had a few more aspects to it than just being philosophically inclinded to teach a cat to hunt.

Thank you for letting me share this slice of life.


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Swept Away
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Like me, please

Amazon now has a LIKING thing for authors. It looks a little like this but this is a fake like button, don't bother clicking it. HOWEVER, if you were so inclined, you could LIKE me on Amazon. To what end, I have no idea but there is scuttlebutt that it's good to get people to click on your LIKE button. If you are inclined to LIKE me (or not morally opposed to lying...oops...PRETENDING), you could please go to Amazon and like me by clicking HERE It's supposed to be a good thing, I just don't understand how. Yes, I'm a well known persuasive speaker, why do you ask?








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BRING IT, MIKE!!!

Today onWriting on the Fine LineMike Ehret it critiquing an unpublished manuscript of mine.Well, a small scene from it.It's a gothic romance which was written a while ago...and revised many times since.It remains one of the most fun books, for me personally, to write.Dark and stormy nightRemote old house cut off from civilizationSpooky familyBodies start piling upInnocent, amnesiac heroine....who might be the killer....or the next victim.The title of my book isThe Devil's NestAnd Mike's going to help me kick it up a notch.BRING IT!!!!
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4 Stars for Over the Edge

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Over the Edge
Releasing in August
4 Stars ****
OVER THE EDGE
by Mary Connealy
Genre: Inspirational, Historical Romance

 RT Rating
Book three of the Kincaid Brides is Seth’s story. With her trademark laugh-out-loud moments, Connealy breathes new life into an old storyline. The characters are fresh and innovating. There is romance, mystery, laughter and secrets for readers to discover.Seth Kincaid has not been the same since the fire in the cave; it did not help when he ran off to fight in the Civil War and came back a bit touched in the head. He has learned he got married while he was away, but he does not remember his wife, Callie. She has searched for him — with the intention of killing him for leaving her. Seth knows, deep down inside, that she won’t kill him, and will in fact help him heal. When someone from their pa’s secret life comes to the ranch, all the brothers and their women form an unbreakable family unit to keep everything they have worked for in the family.

(BETHANY HOUSE, Aug., 336 pp., $14.99)
Reviewed By: Patsy Glans
Publisher: BETHANY HOUSE
Published: August 2012
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