http://suzysays.net Rural Dilettante Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:42:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I hauled on my winter coat and scarf yesterday afternoon, I thought "I might as well be living back East." Actually, I would have been doing better if I had been living back East. I was talking to my colleague in New York and he told me that it ... http://suzysays.net/2010/03/comeback/ It's Magic I actually went out on Saturday night! Can you believe it? It may well be the first time I have ventured out past sundown since I moved to Hooterville. Alert the media! I am the anti-vampire. Guess I won't be starring in any super-popular teen movies ... http://suzysays.net/2010/03/magic/ It was a dark and dreary day yesterday, the perfect weather for a film noir, especially one from my favorite decade, the 1940s. I love the luscious lines of cars back then, the elegant clothes and hairstyles, the ability to wear furs and diamonds with impunity - pretty much everything ... http://suzysays.net/2010/03/noir/ Yesterday, I took advantage of a raylet of sunshine, setting up the clothes drying frame outside. I went back inside for the wet clothes, put them in the basket they had recently vacated in their prewashed state, and took them outside. There was a single pine needle in ... http://suzysays.net/2010/03/laundry/ I woke up with a headache this morning. I'm not sure if it was the nearly sleepless night or the endless allergies or an unlovely combo platter of the two, but when I wake up with a headache, it's usually my close companion for the rest of the day. Thoughts ... http://suzysays.net/2010/03/dream/ Livin' La Vida Suzy I was thinking about how Elvis named his private plane for his daughter and how cool it would be to have a yacht or a plane named after you. If only I had a more glamorous name! Apparently surveys show that Susan is considered a sexy name. ... http://suzysays.net/2010/03/names/ Magnolias at the library, Saturday afternoon Hey! I successfully lit the oven tonight without exploding it, or Self, or even burning off eyebrows or other valued body parts. This always gives me a feeling of accomplishment, especially since it's a new month and so far I've gotten through a ... http://suzysays.net/2010/03/misbeehaving/ Saturday afternoon Harlow Yesterday, the chilly morning turned to sun as Megan and I headed to town for the Adoption Day. When we arrived at the Feed & Pet, Monica was already set up with a palapas-looking umbrella shading her table, which of course had a scented candle burning and a vase ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/adopted/ Yesterday, I woke up to a dark, stormy day. As I watched the trees toss their heads through the skylight in my bedroom, I thought, "It's just a matter of time until the power goes out." I heard trees falling and things being blown over as I worked, ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/short/ My sister's car was parked in my driveway this morning, and I'm sure it wasn't there last night. She was so stressed and sleep-deprived yesterday that Rob took her to work last night and Jonathan picked her up this morning, bright and early at 6 am, once again making him the ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/mysteries/ What's better than a yard sale? A yard sale which raises money for needy dogs, that's what! On Sunday, Meg and I went to help Monica, her partner in pit bulls, at her annual "purge party". Monica has a store in town which sells flooring, carpeting and so on, ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/good/ You know, when we left Cloverdale after the Citrus Fair, I noticed clouds of clover in the fields. Who knew? In addition to daffodils by the side of the road. In my garden, they grow right by phallic cactus and art: I wonder if Rose planted them. Right outside the ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/signs-of-spring/ We had a power outage yesterday evening. Megan was at my house, and we were making dinner from the Book of Dad*. I went to grudgingly throw my green bin contents into the woods (I still think it's gross and will attract an undesirable animal element, but apparently it makes ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/out/ Perfectly innocent So are the cats of our lives... On Thursday night, I made yet another unnecessarily elaborate dinner at my sister's house. My sis happens to have a much better equipped cuisine than I do, even though she - if you can believe this - has even less counter space. ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/the-cat-report/ Dear Readers, At the best of times, the inside of my head looks like a particularly untidy attic. And since I seem to be coming down with a cold or similar (it's hard to tell when you have allergies; they're like an unending cold), it's not the best of times ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/advice/ As you know, I'm getting pretty tired of being the cat doorman. Well, Audrey's doorman, especially several times in the middle of the night. As a family, we tend to sleep poorly, so being woken up multiple times by the Audrometer in addition has led to chronic sleepiness ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/etc-2/ Harlow, "my" puppy My work ethic (such as it is) has really gone to the dogs lately. Yesterday, I bailed off work to go with Megan to meet Lu at Big River to walk the dogs, and today I delayed doing the work I should have done yesterday to walk ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/gone-to-the-dogs/ Orange trees at the fair. Note the blue sky! Yesterday was a girls' day out. At the 118th annual Citrus Fair! Megan and I went to meet Lu in beautiful downtown Hooterville. While waiting for Lu, someone called out from her car, "Hey, Megan! I was never so glad to see ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/fair/ I do too fit! Last night, Megan and I had a girls' night in. Schatzi came, too, sporting a cute new collar* which unfortunately doesn't really show up in this picture. Also it kind of gives her demon eyes, but it was so funny I had to post it anyway. ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/crush/ For some reason, there are always pine needles in the shower. I have no idea how they get there. The floor of the shower is painted, so it's a little slippery. I'm pretty sure that the resolution ending Calamity Suzy episode of all time is going to happen in ... http://suzysays.net/2010/02/shower/