Author: Sharon

Back aways, when we moved into this house, Yule came, as it always does at a certain time of year, and we were broke, as we often are at the same season.  Steve was working at the computer store at the time, and on Christmas Eve, his boss came through with a totally unexpected Cash Bonus.

So!  After the computer shop closed for the holiday, we went to the grocery store, bought a celebratory dinner, and, in order to add some green goodwill to the house, we also bought a little cedar tree in a pot, with a tinfoil star on top.  It was a nice little presence in the kitchen over the winter, and when spring came, we planted it outside our bedroom window.

Against, I think, everybody’s expectations — I include the cedar tree itself in this — the little tree grew into quite a large tree; became the nesting tree for several generations of birds; breathed its wonderful aroma into our window on hot summer nights, and soothed us to sleep.

I just walked into the bedroom and noticed something wrong with the window.  I thought the cats had been at the shade, but when I looked out, I realized what had happened.

Today’s snowfall has taken the cedar tree; it’s lying, trunk-broken, on the ground.

I’m. . .kind of sad about this.

I was going to write a long blog post about luck, but that was before that email generated this reaction and that phone call meant that I had drive there and deal with that and talk to — just basic Life, yanno? But that means the blog post is not going to happen tonight.

Possibly, it will happen tomorrow, but! Since the other thing that didn’t happen today was getting any work done — don’t stay up waiting for it, is all I’m saying.

I do want to take a moment to squee over a Thunderbird add-on I found yesterday — manually-sort-folders — which also allows one to manually sort mailboxes, which means that my mailboxes are now in the correct order for the first time since the Great Email Revamp which is, I can’t tell you, such a relief.  Having the mailboxes out of order was driving me bugs.  I was completely disoriented and all my mail was in the wrong place and — it was awful.

But now it’s wonderful, and if you are one of the six other people on the face of the earth who find having your mailboxes in the right order of supreme importance — please don’t spent another second feeling off-center and stupid. Avail yourself of this marvelous add-on.

The other thing that happened yesterday was that our chairs arrived, and Steve heroically put them together, so — new desk chair, yay!

Our LL Bean Wicked Good Slippers also came in — no assembly required.  Between new slippers and a new robe, I am ready for winter!

Or, at least, the lounging on the couch drinking hot chocolate part of winter.

And that?

Is all I’ve got.  Tomorrow — pay attention, Tomorrow!

No. Interruptions.

Ye flipping ghods, I have a book to write.

_______________

Today’s blog post brought to you by Tennessee Ernie Ford; 16 tons.  Here’s your link.

The sun rose today.  The sky was blue.  It didn’t rain.

It was glorious.

Steve and I went desk-chair shopping, which meant sitting in rather a lot of desk chairs at the local office store.  I really liked the Lazy-Boy executive chair.  If I’d looking for a chair to nap it, I’d’ve snapped it up in a heartbeat.  Sadly, I occasionally fall asleep in the not-very-comfy chair I already employ, so — the Lazy-Boy got voted off the island.

Found a Raynor Nefil Smart Motion Managers mesh chair, which was Highly Adjustable, and comfy-enough.  It was expensive and ugly, but it would probably do the trick.  I emailed its information to myself and we continued test-chairing.

After dismissing several more, both Steve and I found that we both independently liked the Tempur-pedic 8000 task chair — more comfy than the mesh chair, not as comfy as the Lazy-Boy, with all of the adjustments available to the mesh chair — and somewhat less expensive.  Also, while A Thing of Beauty, still a nice-enough looking piece of furniture.

Another email sent to myself, some minor office supply shopping taken care of, and out we went into the day — which, as I have mentioned WAS NOT RAINY — this time bound for Belanger’s Drive-Through in Downtown Fairfield, where Steve and I split a warm apple crisp with vanilla ice cream while sitting at a picnic bench in the sun.

Ah.

Eventually, we came home, as one must, to a late dinner, and, having research chairs, I now believe that I’ll read somebody else’s book for a little while.

Hope y’all had an enjoyable and slightly lazy Saturday.