…Ponderings and Figuring out this thing called Life

I’ve been thinking {again} about why I continue to blog when I don’t have anything interesting or fun to share. Sometimes it starts to feel like a chore–not that I have a lot of readers beating at my monitor demanding another installment of desperately seeking {gina}–but, I tend to put a tad bit of pressure on myself to come up with something creative to do, share, or blog about. And the truth is….most days I just don’t feel creative. Or motivated.

A lot of why I do this, I suppose is I fear being forgotten…..You know–“out of sight, out of mind.” I’ve been thinking of this in terms of children too. Not having any, I mean. What’s going to happen when I’m 80 and there’s no one to take care of me. No one to visit me at the old folks home, cuz that’s surely where I’ll end up if there’s no one to take me in. Anyway…thems a whole bunch of other issues…well…sort of non-issues actually….I don’t dwell on them too much, too often. They’re just random thoughts that pop into my head. And then I start thinking about what dessert I can make…and I’m off topic pretty quickly.

Back to the “out of sight, out of mind.” I know the fam and my friends have a lot going on in their lives too. Their own issues to dwell on and solve. But, I can’t help thinking don’t forget about me way down here in Arkansas! I may have moved 800 miles away but I still want to be a part of your lives! And have you be a part in mine…and I guess that’s the biggest reason I do this silly blog so much. I want to share my life with you, even if only with words and a million and one goofy pictures of the kitties. Even if you’re just clicking by while working, too busy to leave comments. Just that you’re stopping by and peeking in at my little world. That’s enough for me.

Okay…so thems my deep thoughts for the day. {“thems” seems to be the word of the day}

It’s Wednesday. Naked Wednesday in some circles! Hi, Uncle Mike!

It’s my day off. I’ve been blog surfing and looking up recipes while I wait for Thom to return from running errands and taking his mom grocery shopping. On today’s agenda: pulling Thom’s fishing boat to the Lake House so he can do some maintenence work. This week marks my two year anniversary of being in Ark…and I still haven’t been on the lake. Unbelievable, I know!

I also have a basket of laundry that needs to be hung and put away. I’ve been living out of the basket for, like, two weeks now instead of putting the stuff where it’s supposted to go. I’m always telling Thom that I like organization and tidiness…yet I can’t seem to get my clothes situation under control. {sigh}

Also today, I’m making creamy tomato soup from Martha’s Cooking School. I bought the book months and months ago and only flipped through it briefly so I dragged it out last weekend and started reading from the beginning. My kitchen is pretty well stocked according to Martha’s suggestions so I think I’m good-to-go and learn some techniques and get cooking 🙂

Hope y’all are well…and feeling fine. Love and lots of hugs to you all!