A Better Day
Things are better today. Simon mowed the lawn. Steve bought pizza. It doesn't take much, does it?
As I've continued to stew about Steve not telling me his uncle had cancer surgery, I realized about mid-day that I've already spent about a billion times more brain cells on this than it's worth. I was wearing me out! Now I can see it wasn't about that particular event, it was a symptom of the problem I have with Steve not sharing stuff with me. That's just how he is. It's not personal. It's not directed at me. The thing is, earlier this year, I thought I finally once and for all "got it" about Steve and was beyond caring about it anymore. Guess not. Sometimes, we have to learn a lesson a few times before it sticks, don't we?
So anyway, I'm over it.
Yesterday, after Simon and I decided he should not be responsible for mowing the lawn, I asked him to mow it today, rather than leave it to Steve on short notice. Simon woke up around 8:30 and started in on it immediately. (We don't have close neighbors that care about noise.) He did the whole thing with a minimum of breaks. He did come in to tell me he ran over a snake and there were still-alive, quivering snake parts around the yard. (He even threw in a visual of the spastic not-dead-yet snake head. That was a treat!) He eventually picked them up with a shovel and threw them into the woods so Reggi wouldn't find them. I understand the ewww-factor he was feeling. I ran over a snake with my bike a few years back and it took a good hour or so for the hair on my arms to relax. Just ewww.
Steve invited Lizz and her boyfriend over for dinner, then he kindly offered to pick up pizza and wings for us. I've been crunching on this self-inflicted Pine Tree Designs deadline all day, so not cooking suited me just fine. We had pizza from Papa John's - Barbecue Chicken & Bacon pizza and Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken pizza. Outstanding! I see they have a Grilled Chicken Alfredo pizza - I'd love to try that sometime. Or Grilled Chicken Club pizza! Yep, we're health nuts, alright.
So I finished tweaking the Pine Tree Designs website today. I've literally worked on it all day. I even finished the June PTD newsletter (sign up box is in the sidebar). I was so close to finishing it all when I remembered that I needed to bake something for Jen's birthday at work tomorrow. So I asked Simon to go to the store and buy raspberries and chocolate pudding for me - and he did. Got everything right too. I like it when he knows he's on my shit-list - he does stuff for me without balking. The queen shall be served. As it should be. I'm making Chocolate Berry Trifle - brownie bits, chocolate pudding, whipped cream and raspberries - layered. I baked the brownies tonight so I'll assemble it in the morning.
Anyway, the last (for today) bit of self-promotion I wanted to do was to tell you to check out the Discontinued page - there are some good deals to be had. I really just want to get rid of the wholesale product I was selling at Celebration Gifts. (That store manager who contacted me from Tennessee a couple of months ago and we agreed upon a price and everything - fell off the face of the earth. My emails to her have not bounced so I guess she changed her mind. Oh well, these things happen.) Anyway - good deals to be had as I said. I marked everything down as low as I could go, based on my cost. I'm not getting rich here, just trying to find good homes for some nice things. Free shipping, as always.
Time to go to bed and relax. I started a new book last night, Invisible Acts of Power : Personal Choices That Create Miracles, by Caroline Myss. On Gretchen's recommendation. I'm familiar with the author's work. I really only read a few pages because I was so tired so tonight I can hopefully stay awake to at least get one chapter under my belt.
I finished Sight Hound, by Pam Houston on Saturday afternoon. Simon was working and Steve went to see the Star Wars movie with Lizz so I had the house to myself. I laid on my bed and read until I finished it. I'll tell you right now - the dog dies at the end. (You can see that coming from chapter 1.) But it's kind of okay. Believe me, I sobbed my little eyes out - the whole scrunched up face cry. Felt good actually. I loved the book.
The book centers on the main character's relationship with her dog. Each chapter is written by a different person in Rae's life, including her dog, Dante - and another dog and cat too. But it's so believable! I say that because I'm such a goof about Reggi and our cats. Ever since I read that book, I like to imagine what I think Reggi, Venus and Verona are thinking. Seriously. It's like Steve tells people, I've turned into "pet lover on steroids". Wasn't it just a few short years ago I proclaimed myself "just not a dog person". Steve likes to remind me of that statement from time to time.
Enough of that. Off to bed.
As I've continued to stew about Steve not telling me his uncle had cancer surgery, I realized about mid-day that I've already spent about a billion times more brain cells on this than it's worth. I was wearing me out! Now I can see it wasn't about that particular event, it was a symptom of the problem I have with Steve not sharing stuff with me. That's just how he is. It's not personal. It's not directed at me. The thing is, earlier this year, I thought I finally once and for all "got it" about Steve and was beyond caring about it anymore. Guess not. Sometimes, we have to learn a lesson a few times before it sticks, don't we?
So anyway, I'm over it.
Yesterday, after Simon and I decided he should not be responsible for mowing the lawn, I asked him to mow it today, rather than leave it to Steve on short notice. Simon woke up around 8:30 and started in on it immediately. (We don't have close neighbors that care about noise.) He did the whole thing with a minimum of breaks. He did come in to tell me he ran over a snake and there were still-alive, quivering snake parts around the yard. (He even threw in a visual of the spastic not-dead-yet snake head. That was a treat!) He eventually picked them up with a shovel and threw them into the woods so Reggi wouldn't find them. I understand the ewww-factor he was feeling. I ran over a snake with my bike a few years back and it took a good hour or so for the hair on my arms to relax. Just ewww.
Steve invited Lizz and her boyfriend over for dinner, then he kindly offered to pick up pizza and wings for us. I've been crunching on this self-inflicted Pine Tree Designs deadline all day, so not cooking suited me just fine. We had pizza from Papa John's - Barbecue Chicken & Bacon pizza and Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken pizza. Outstanding! I see they have a Grilled Chicken Alfredo pizza - I'd love to try that sometime. Or Grilled Chicken Club pizza! Yep, we're health nuts, alright.
So I finished tweaking the Pine Tree Designs website today. I've literally worked on it all day. I even finished the June PTD newsletter (sign up box is in the sidebar). I was so close to finishing it all when I remembered that I needed to bake something for Jen's birthday at work tomorrow. So I asked Simon to go to the store and buy raspberries and chocolate pudding for me - and he did. Got everything right too. I like it when he knows he's on my shit-list - he does stuff for me without balking. The queen shall be served. As it should be. I'm making Chocolate Berry Trifle - brownie bits, chocolate pudding, whipped cream and raspberries - layered. I baked the brownies tonight so I'll assemble it in the morning.
Anyway, the last (for today) bit of self-promotion I wanted to do was to tell you to check out the Discontinued page - there are some good deals to be had. I really just want to get rid of the wholesale product I was selling at Celebration Gifts. (That store manager who contacted me from Tennessee a couple of months ago and we agreed upon a price and everything - fell off the face of the earth. My emails to her have not bounced so I guess she changed her mind. Oh well, these things happen.) Anyway - good deals to be had as I said. I marked everything down as low as I could go, based on my cost. I'm not getting rich here, just trying to find good homes for some nice things. Free shipping, as always.
Time to go to bed and relax. I started a new book last night, Invisible Acts of Power : Personal Choices That Create Miracles, by Caroline Myss. On Gretchen's recommendation. I'm familiar with the author's work. I really only read a few pages because I was so tired so tonight I can hopefully stay awake to at least get one chapter under my belt.
I finished Sight Hound, by Pam Houston on Saturday afternoon. Simon was working and Steve went to see the Star Wars movie with Lizz so I had the house to myself. I laid on my bed and read until I finished it. I'll tell you right now - the dog dies at the end. (You can see that coming from chapter 1.) But it's kind of okay. Believe me, I sobbed my little eyes out - the whole scrunched up face cry. Felt good actually. I loved the book.
The book centers on the main character's relationship with her dog. Each chapter is written by a different person in Rae's life, including her dog, Dante - and another dog and cat too. But it's so believable! I say that because I'm such a goof about Reggi and our cats. Ever since I read that book, I like to imagine what I think Reggi, Venus and Verona are thinking. Seriously. It's like Steve tells people, I've turned into "pet lover on steroids". Wasn't it just a few short years ago I proclaimed myself "just not a dog person". Steve likes to remind me of that statement from time to time.
Enough of that. Off to bed.
posted by Stefani at 9:33 PM
2 Comments:
Never mind running over a snake-- I can't imagine living in a place where I might actually see one! I think I would have a heart attack if I did....
So, John, I shouldn't tell you about the possum that Reggi tackled last night? I didn't see it, Simon did, but apparently it got away and Reggi came in unscathed. Eventually. That was a long 5 minutes for me - we couldn't hear her in the dark at all. Whew!
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