As I was driving up 99, I saw a massive hawk sitting in a tree watching all of us drive along and waiting for, I’m only assuming, a small weak child to prey on. This hawk was huge. It looked like it was the size of a baby terradactyl.
Then I saw some small snowflakes. So I head back to the bunker. I made dinner and roasted a chicken so I could have leftovers and whatnot for the week. I take the chicken out of the oven and admire my skills. I decide to look out the window and see if the snowflakes are still there. They’re there. And they brought some friends along.
They even partied enough to knock out my direct tv. I actually had to call Direct TV because I didn’t realize this snow was slushy and nasty. I was told that there was some interference and perhaps if I brushed the snow off the dish that would help. Um… no. The dish is on the roof. Thanks. but I’ll turn on the radio, keep knitting or perhaps read a book. Ok – full disclosure for a minute – I did have an internal freak out for a second. I’ve cut back on a lot of things because of the recession and kept my direct tv because I cut out going to movies and even renting or buying new movies. I’ve cut my yarn buying down to almost nothing. And between nothing being able to buy more than 1 skein at a time and loosing my direct tv, I had a mini 1 second long breakdown. Then I slapped myself across the face and put my big girl pants on. Fortunately, the direct tv came back on so I didn’t have to go out and stand on the neighbors front lawn trying to catch a glimpse of their cable tv.
The cabaret sweater is all knit up. I just need to seam it all up. I’ll probably start that tonight and finish it up tomorrow.
I’m always on the lookout for hawks – it’s amazing how much wildlife you can see if you just look! Last week one was flying alongside my car, but I had to pay attention to the on-ramp I was negotiating and couldn’t take a really GOOD look at it.
Hey Becky. We too have been cutting back and not renting movies anymore. BUT how we compensate is, we borrow DVDs from the library! Works great cuz we are always waaaaaay behind so don’t need the new releases. That and we often get movies that are not exactly main stream so not much wait for those. And best of all, it’s free!