E is for Evil

10 Finger 4th of July

Reminder: be careful around fireworks! Fingers are a handy thing.

Artsy Fartsy Sunday

It's a lazy Sunday here. I'm totally goofing off and playing with photo shop. Here are a few items I was working on today.

This little black crow was squawking at me the other day. I snapped a photo of him and have decided that he will make an excellent bookplate.

Don't lick the cactus.

Tucson Gate. Original gate is purple but this feels like India.

My Car CD player is BiPolar

Yikes, I am currently listening to two polar opposite cd's in my car. I have a book on tape of "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne and am alternating listening to it with Chuck Palahnuik's Pygmy.

The Secret is inspiring and I am listening to it to try and adjust my mind from negative thinking.

When I listen to Pymgy I feel like taking a shower after each chapter. I grabbed this book on tape from the library impulsively. I was not sure I would get beyond the first chapter as the main character speaks in an odd choppy language that causes me to have to listen closely to figure out what he is actually describing. It's truly a disturbing book with lots of violence. Of course, now that I am half way through I can only finish listening and when I am finished.....

shower, with a brillo pad.

Lame Fathers Day

Today was Fathers day. I called my Dad this morning back in the Midwest. The book I ordered for him had not arrived and the box I put together for him is still sitting in the passenger seat of my car.

I bought my husband a fathers day card from the cat but can't remember where I put it.

Last week all of the advertisements in the paper were big hints for gifts for Fathers Day. I had to share this crazy item that was being sold at Bass Pro. Camouflage lounge chairs. I'm not talking the little outdoor chairs but the kind you put in the house. They even have three different cammo patterns. I just thought it was a crack up.






For those about to lounge - I salute you. Happy Fathers Day.

Stress, Let It Go...

An old friend sent the following article on stress to me. I thought I would share as it is a good reminder that holding onto the negative is well... negative.

Stress
A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked
'How heavy is this glass of water?'
Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.
The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it f or a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'
He continued,
'And that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,
We won't be able to carry on. '
'As with the glass of water,
You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.
When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.'
'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.
Don't carry it home.
You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you're carrying now,
Let them down for a moment if you can.'
So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.
Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

EeK a Mouse - Part Deux

Last month I blogged about the mouse that was eating food in our office. He finally went too far and went into a steel file cabinet in my office and ate my private stock of cookies and snacks. Again he avoided anything dark chocolate. Maintenance came by and set a couple of traps.

The Bait....

The result........................... scroll way down.... warning, photo may be disturbing to some.

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And surprise! It was a Rat!