my bright idea

so maybe my idea wasn't so bright after all

which idea?

what was I thinking?

I will never tell

a different kind of itching

Now that I have my list of books that I am searching for back, I am itching to get to the used bookstores that I love to haunt.

Some bookstores are too far away to be practical.
Others I haven't been to yet but are on my radar.

I went to my favourite bookstore last December with Grace.

Looking forward to going back soon.

eureka

Eureka : defintion : A cry of joy or satisfaction when one finds or discovers something.... and I found the calendar book that I have been searching for for a number of days now. I had had it last at Value Village and went there the next day. It was not there. But I went back today and there it was in the lost and found. Yeah for found.

Martin takes a picture

A couple of years ago Martin was working with his cell phone in his pocket. 
He kept hearing clicks and thought someone might be taking his picture. 
He looked around but didn't see anyone.
When he checked his phone later he discovered that he had taken 192 pictures 
... of the inside of his pocket.

lost

my calendar date book has gone missing -
I last saw it in my purse when I pulled it out in Value Village to check whether the magazine I was going to get was already read by me (I keep a list)

later that day it was not in my purse -
I have retraced my steps - including back to Value Village -
it was not in their lost and found

what I will miss the most is my calendar of the places I had to be - I can pretty much create it again from other sources but if I have an appointment with you that I do not keep then you will know why -

I will also miss the list of books and magazines that I am looking for - again some of it can be recreated but there are some that I only had recorded there

and the contact information of family and friends

and the picture of the dinnerware that I am looking for for Sue
and the picture of the dinnerware that I am not looking for for Tena
and the picture of the plate that Tena broke that I already found for Wendy

as soon as I go through and collect it all
 I will probably find it
but maybe it is lost to the cosmos
never to be found again

I hate losing things.

Alexander is 4

My grandson Alexander is four today. 

He is our first grandchild and we think he is kind of special. 

He broke us in.

Here he sits in our backyard a couple of weeks ago. Later that afternoon his nose was all yellow from all of the dandelions that he was picking and sniffing. But at least he didn't eat a dandelion like his sister Isabel did.