I just dropped in to say ...

Just a quick post today ... it's been a busy week and I have a busy weekend ahead of me. The sun is shining outside, and I'm about to go out and get me some rays (by walking downtown to get cat food because Her Highness won't eat fish and the only tins left in the cupboard are fish)!

"What? YOU eat the fish stuff, why don't you! It's NOT for me!"

This has been an exceedingly crazy weather week. Yesterday, I walked about 6 blocks from a downtown committee meeting back to my office, and experienced sun, snow, sleet, hail, rain, and nasty gusts of wind alternately during that brief 10-minute walk!

The back yard ... covered with hail stones the size of small marbles!

If you don't like the weather, wait 2 minutes and it will change ... makes it damned hard to figure out what to wear! Winter coat? Or light spring jacket? Wool socks? Or dare to get out the sandals? I'm truly jealous of y'all out there in your gardens already, or enjoying spring flowers!

If you look at the side of this blog, you will see a wee poll asking for some blogging suggestions. I'm starting to feel like it's time for an update here ... but I'm not sure what direction to go. Comments welcome!

Have a great weekend, y'all!

mrs slocombe's pussy

Yes, ANOTHER post this week from me! I'm trying to post more frequently. We'll see how long it lasts ...


So a friend who also works in a small downtown office suggested we both stop at a local pub for a drink or two after work yesterday, but I was concerned about Miss Boots waiting for her dinner. After the digestive problems she exhibited the first couple of weeks with me, I've been pretty careful about serving her meals on schedule. So without a great deal of thought, I replied ...



... well, I'm not going to tell you what unexpectedly came out of my mouth!



Let's just say I might have watched that great British comedy Are You Being Served a few too many times in my past! My friend obviously had not. The look on his face was priceless! (If YOU didn't watch Are You Being Served either ... look up mrs slocombe's pussy on google or youtube!)


Since this is a bit of a naughty post this morning, I feel it only appropriate to share that spring is slowly springing here and I'm experiencing urges. Almost unbearable URGES! So instead of stopping at the pub on the way home yesterday, I visited a different kind of outlet. Then I could hardly wait to get home and enjoy ...
... a tall cold glass of milk! I don't crave milk very often ... actually, I normally despise the stuff ... and cow's milk gives me a nasty tummy ache. Fortunately, goat milk is okay ... and quite palatable with added chocolate. Maybe I need to take an extra calcium tablet a day at times like this?


Miss Boots was feeling a bit naughty yesterday too:

"I sampulz hu-mom lip balm, kay?"

I looked back two minutes later, and she had the lip balm tube down on the dining room chair AND OPENED!

It's zero degrees and very foggy outside this morning. Yuck. It's also 7:35 am, so I'd better finish my tea and get ready for work. Have a good day, y'all!

November 20th

When I came home from work yesterday, everything was shrouded in a thick cold fog. By the time I walked from bus stop to house ... takes about 4 minutes ... my coat and hair were as wet as if I had been walking in the rain. The temperature was hovering right at the freezing point, and must have dropped below freezing overnight. This morning, every tree, bush, and blade of grass was coated with eerie white ice crystals. It was a little spooky ... but beautiful!

I don't keep a blog roll ... y'know, that list of OTHER blogs you like to read ... on this blog. That doesn't mean I don't have a few favourites ... some I've been following for ages, and a few new discoveries. One of my new discoveries belongs to Suzanne ... a farmer's wife living 9 miles from anything and writing about all kinds of interesting stuff. (Go check her out ... and while you're there, turn up your speakers 'cuz she always has great music happening.) Suzanne just posted a book tag, and instead of playing tag the traditional way, has allowed her readers to tag themselves ... or not ... if they be interested. I ALWAYS love an opportunity to talk about books, so decided to tag myself.



The rules are:

1. Link to the person who tagged you and post the rules on your blog.

2. Share seven random and/or weird book facts about yourself.

3. Tag seven random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.

4. Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.



My seven random book facts:

1. The first book I truly fell in love with was Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. I was about 8 years old and had just experienced two very traumatic moves, away from the little rural town I had grown accustomed to, and then back there again. I was confused and lonely at the time. I had returned to 5th grade mid-year and didn't fit in with the 5th grade cliques that had already solidified for the year. I identified whole-heartedly with the main character!Since then, I've re-read Les Miserables 14 or 15 times ... I re-read it again last spring ... and each time I love it a little more. Something new or different catches my soul each time. I've seen the musical, seen two versions of the movie, but the book remains my all-time favourite.


2. I have a SECOND favourite book, Like Water for Chocolate. Actually, I read it (labouriously) in Spanish as well as saw the Spanish version of the movie before I read it in English.I think it loses a little something in the translation to English, but the English version is still a great story. Like Water for Chocolate weaves together PASSIONATE LOVE and LOVE OF FOOD ... what better combination is there?

#3. I love reading about food, and I especially love reading cook books.I love old cook books, ethnic cook books, small town and community or church group cook books. I OWN a lot of cook books, and it doesn't take much to convince me to collect yet another one.

#4. I own a lot of knitting books too.I love craft books in general, and knitting books in particular. Recently, I got my hands on a copy of Richard Rutt's A History of Hand Knitting ... mmm mmm! Celestial candy for this knitter/book collector!

#5. I get really excited over books about historical clothing! Some of that excitement centres around developing my SCA persona (Emma of Otterbourne ... early 14th century lady from the borderlands between England and Scotland). If you combine historical clothing and ethnic clothing in the same book ... ooh la la! baby! One of my favourite book possessions is Mary S. Parker's The Folkwear Book of Ethnic Clothing.


#6. Sometimes I read Sci-Fi to escape. I particularly like reading about dragons. Shh! Don't tell anyone!
#7. Seeing people deliberately damage or destroy books causes me physical pain. I can't stand it. I hope I'm never subjected to a book burning 'cuz I'd probably dive right into the flames to rescue the books. It's like a sickness. Or maybe a curse. Or maybe a tragic memory from a past life.
So there you have it. I'm going to do the same as Suzanne and let you tag yourself if you're interested. Just leave me a message so I can check out YOUR fascinating book facts, okay?