Is it Christmas yet? no wait, I mean Easter? what? That was last week?

I didn't really mean to skip yesterday's post. Though I know not too many of you are following this, I still try to write something everyday. But what a frustrating day it was mentally. I struggled at work with a relatively new routine, not one I do everyday. I couldn't remember the steps to take to get everything done. I had to do things twice. Then when printing from the computer I got the wrong pages started and printed about 50 unneeded pages. ARGH! Once home, I started supper and then forgot. I burned it up good. But worse, when I realized something was burning I couldn't remember even starting the burner. I really felt like I was losing it! But the cake topper came when, after cleaning up in our yard and putzing around after supper, feeling all the while that I was missing something....hmmmm, we drove over to church to drop off some stuff it became very apparent that what I had forgotten was a very important baby shower. OhNO! I was in jeans and a sloppy sweatshirt. I peeled off the sweatshirt to my long sleeved baggy, dirty T, sent Ron home for something clean and went in feeling very foolish. Not to mention, late. Really, no one noticed but me. And it was glaring. What is going on with this brain of mine. I know, I know, I'm supposed to have the important events written down. Well, I did! I think back and marvel at how easily memory work came to me when I was young. Not so anymore.
All that I memorized when I was young is still up there...somewhere. If I could only organize those "drawers" more easily I'd get in there and do that! I remember wondering when I thought about my grandmother and her dementia or my mother in law and her congestive heart failure that led to being homebound which one would be worse... Good health and a mind that's gone, or poor health and having your wits about you? I don't think knowing the answer would help.

Pre-camping

This coming weekend will be a 'pre-camping' weekend. We are going to practice our pudgy pie receipe, our s'more making techniques, building fires along with the roasting of marshmallows and hot dogs, and other such fun camping practices without actually putting up a tent! Why is it camping always comes with such odd eating habits? We went camping with a group once and Ron concocted a breakfast meal that they labelled "the coffin". It had eggs, hamburger, bacon, cheese packed between two pieces of bun. When actually camping we eat such delights as fried eggs and bacon, fried potatoes, or eclairs on a stick. We load the table with things beyond our ability to consume or if we did the need for a diet would be even greater than it is now! Even when we do boundary waters camping we eat wierd meals. (Believe me, reconstituted beef stroganoff is wierd) Eating is such a social thing for us. What could be better than a meal with family or friends--especially cooked camping style! Can you tell I love to camp?More on this one later.

Is it spring?

It was an absolutely gloriously beautiful day today. And there's no doubt that everyone else thought so too because everyone, everywhere was outside. I took a long walk with a friend this afternoon and we saw golfers, bikers, walkers, runners, rollerbladers, dog walkers, baby pushers, fast walkers, slow walkers, cars with their tops down and the sun streaming in! This butterfly really surprised me, though. There he was sitting in the sun shine on our truck just waiting for his picture to be taken. Though it only got into the upper 60's it was a day worth having....especially since I got a nap to boot!