Showing posts with label SO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SO. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2014

Oh, Qwap...

I was all set to write today's R blog, when I glanced at my list, and for some reason, I blew past Q without a second thought... Huh.  Ok, well, I will be a day behind this week, I guess.  Poo...

Ok, Q.  I guess this isn't retro, per se, but I was thinking about when I get up in the morning.

It's quiet.

The roosters are just getting started with crowing, a poultry game of one upsmanship.

Turkeys are coming down from the trees, and some gobbling, flutter, and the occasional squawk.

Rudee yawns, groans, then a clatter of tags as he gets up to walk out to the yard with me.

I watch the sunrise.  The birds seem to get energized to chirp, chitter, and sing.

Dozens of geese fly by, honking like a freeway pile up.

Opening the hen house door, a cascade of chickens pours out, clucking and chattering.

Buzz meows from atop the fence post when I come out.

You know what?  Maybe my quiet morning, isn't as quiet as I thought!

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Well, I suppose it isn't exactly the world's biggest "thing", but I was so pleased, I have been helping at the Sheriff's Office with the Neighborhood Watch group, and doing volunteer work.  

I am now able to give out official business cards!  It's such a little thing, but it makes me feel like someone is paying attention to what I do.  And I guess they want me around a while, I think they gave me something on the order of 5K of them!

I also got a clean bill of health on my yearly Doctor's appointment, so that went well, other than a minor scare.  I had a sore leg, and told him about it, I wasn't concerned, just a toss off comment to his query of any pains of late.  

He became REAL serious, and started checking my leg, and had me do a bunch of things I recognized as signs to check for a STROKE... Oooooookay, Mr. Doctor person, what, pray tell, is going on?  

He was highly worried that I had a blood clot.  Why, I am still not sure.  But after an extensive dance of on the spot testing, he decided... I had overdone something, and had maybe strained a muscle.

Whew!  Not that I was worried or anything... Cough.  

Um, does anyone know the resting heart rate for minor panic?  


Monday, March 31, 2014

Hee, hee!

#1.

A couple days ago, Husband and I were sitting in the front room, when Rudee started barking.

Bark.  Barkbark.  Woof!

We looked at each other, then out at the road. Nothing, but we could hear an engine.

Barkbarkbarkbark!

That's odd...  We both stood, to get a better view down the road, where there was indeed a vehicle coming, but nothing out of the ordinary.

BARKBARKBARKWOOOOOFBARRRK! WOOF!

A Bronco buzzed past the house.

WOOFBARKBARKWOOOFWHINEBARKWOOF!!!

Husband clicked on it before I did.  "Honey, Rudee thinks that your dad is coming over..."  (My Dad quite often drives a Bronco, and Rudee knows once Dad's parked, Rudee gets a treat.)

Sure enough, when we went out and checked on Rudee, he was standing up against the front of the kennel, watching the driveway, and looking very confused.

Woof?

We gave him a cracker, and he seemed okay, but my, oh, my, did he still seem confused...

#2.

I put on a blue shirt to wear for my normal Monday shopping day.  I had to make a quick stop at the Sheriff's Office, and saw several of the deputies, as well of the Sheriff and Undersheriff.  Didn't think a thing of it, I have talked to most all of them before, so I just trotted in like usual, and said hi as I went past.  They all said hi, then started slightly.  The Undersheriff laughed.

?

Ooookay...

I walked down the hall, and saw one of the detectives.  He sort of waved.  I tried to figure out who it was, but had no clue, and didn't know why he'd wave at me...

Went on about my business, then left.

That's when I actually registered what I had on my shirt...


Complete with "Book 'em, Danno!" on the back.

Oh, and the Detective?  I finally figured out, he gave me the "hang loose" sign.

Guess I'm good for a chuckle, if nothing else...