It is very frustrating to waste a day.
The accountant’s office told me this morning they would send someone to pick up our tax forms. I ended up waiting until 3:30.
Needless to say, I couldn’t do much but wait–I should have asked for a time frame, then would have been able to get out and do something.
And I seem to have ants in my kitchen. Ants? Now? When it goes down to 7 degrees at night? They are very small black ants (not carpenter ants) and I spent some time strategically wiping down some areas with oil of peppermint.
I have never had to deal with this before, and somehow I think it’s related to the unusual weather and the snow cover on the ground outside. None of that has ever melted.
If anyone has any input about how to rectify this, let me know. I know I had ants in the summer one time, but the oil of peppermint got rid of them in one application.
Another first of the type of first you don’t need.
See you tomorrow.
God bless everybody.
Patty
From June 14, 2015
The other day my fellow blogger, Ajoobacats–she has a whale of a blog, totally dwarfing mine: just tons and tons of readers; I recommend her book reviews to all–honored me with a review of my Bell Mountain, which I am happy to say she liked very much ( http://leeduigon.com/2015/06/12/book-review-bell-mountain-by-lee-duigon/). I don’t think I’ve ever seen her review a fantasy before: but she admits that my book was about as far off her beaten track as she’s ever gone.
I must draw attention to one remark she made: “The underlying spiritual theme may not be in fashion…”
Well, that’s putting it mildly!
In fact, I know I’m out of fashion: it’s what I intended. The whole point of the Bell Mountain series is to “renormalize religion” by showing it to be a basic and indispensable component of the characters’ daily life, culture, and psychology: and more, to proclaim that God is a Person, the Supreme Being, who interacts with individuals, families, and whole nations.
My books have struck a few readers as odd because they have come to expect no trace of religion in any work of fiction, be it a novel, a movie or TV script, or anything else. But the total absence of God or gods in our fiction depicts an extremely weird kind of civilization that has never actually existed except in faculty lounges and some of the least wholesome, darkest corners of politics and business.
But how, asks the ninny, do you manage to fit God or religion into Zombie Apocalypse or Superheroes vs. Climate Change Deniers?
That’s the wrong question. If God is in your life, you may not have a yen to spend much time in Zombie Apocalypse. Not that you can never just veg out and relax by watching some nonsense or other. I love silly old monster movies. It’s only a problem when the nonsense takes over your life.
I believe it has done us harm, as a nation, to spend such vast amounts of time consuming “entertainment” from which the very concept of God has been excluded.
Go ahead, tell me I’m wrong.
From November 6. 2020
Our Stait neaded somb moar Voats for Joe Bydin so the Ballit Harvaster he comed heer “to” Collidge tooday whith a grate Big “bag” and he hadd us rite our Singratures “on” the ballits,, “as menny” as we Whanted untill “The” Bag it was full, i must’of wroted my “X” on a duzzin ballits and then he taked “themb” back to has themb “Counted”!”!
Then we “has” a Big Scair becose we wer All Tagetther on the Kampis and we wer So “Exited” that we fergot Socile Distintsing!!! And the Corny Vyris!!!!!!!! we are “all” goingto Dye!!! But then we Rebembermed that The Vyris it is all For Socile Jutstus and it woont “hurt” “yiu” iff yiu has a Riot,, so we hadded a Riot (i fourget waht we Riotid abuot, it duzznt mater!)!
I aslo did Voat for Hillery and Pressadint Obamma thay “are” My Hearos!!!!! it doughnt seeme Rihght “for thare” To Be ownly one pressadint!!!!!! But the Ballit Harvaster he tolled us “a lot Of things” “thay are goingto Chainge!””!! Somb boddy thay sayed we “are” all Goingto “get” Freee Tooission for Collidge tooo and that “is” Gooood Noose!!!!! I whant to keeep whirking “on” my Deeegree in Nothing Studdies untill i “get” my Batchlers thingy!!!!! And thenn I “can” be a Prefesser!!!!!!!!!!
Well today felt like I was let out of Alcatraz. I got out relatively early, did a couple of errands and squeezed in a small walk this afternoon.
When I was in the convenience store, we were talking about the weather. The owner was remarking on how cold it was. I was born within a few miles of where I live now and have lived in this area all my life. This is truly the coldest winter I ever have experienced. We have 
had years with more snow, and we also had years with severe (0-6) cold temperatures at night, but never for such a long period of time. I heard a Ranger one time talking about how the bears love New Jersey because of the mild winters (they don’t have to hibernate here).
I just could not help bombarding you with sloths today–I was in “sloth mode”. Another critter I would love to hold in my arms for a bit, especially one of the babies.
I hope everyone had a good day.
Stay warm.
God bless everybody.
Patty
From January 10, 2020
THIS JUST IN: Ruthlessly wielding high-impact charges of irresistible cuteness, baby sloths have driven an entire Bigfoot population (Bigfeets? doesn’t sound quite right…) out of the rain forests of Costa Rica. Authorities have warned human tourists, “Don’t be there when they make those cozy wah-wah sounds–that’s how they get you.”