Midlife Musings

Have you heard about the Gphone? I read about it today on allinanchor.com. I had not heard of it, but I guess I am no really surprised, since Google seems determined to control the information age from the holding hostage of my PR to the delivering of search results that contain pages consisting solely of ads in spite of their insistence that they are cleaning up the internet………..oh, darn it, there I go again. Sorry.

Back to allinanchor. This blog deals with internet marketing and news and a bit of SEO type stuff, but they do have some fun forays into high tech gadgetry. It’s an interesting blog that won’t overburden you with constant updates. Unlike yours truly, these guys only blog when they have something to say. They are looking for guest writers, too, so if the field interests you, and you have something to add to the discussion, be sure to leave a comment asking about that!

If I had my way about it, someone somewhere would be starting a job search in the near future. Let me start at the beginning. I believe I have mentioned that I am a homebody more than once. I like to be home. It suits me. I like to go and do stuff, but I like to do it on my own schedule, and I LIKE being home. Be it ever so humble, and all that. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned that I have seven kids still at home and that we home school, too. All of that adds up to a couple of full time jobs, at least it seems that way from the work load. Plus my internet work, which would swell to a more-than-full-time if I did not cap it, which I am less than what one would call strictly successful at, the capping I mean, but, hey, whatever. And working is good, because dh’s work is slack right now, so I’m grateful mine is up a bit.

So, we have had a rigorous round of appointments lately: medical, dental, eye for the kiddos and dental fro me, and then the football and cheering practices, and I am just about as tightly strung as I ever get from all of this go-go-go, and it culminated today in a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy for my 6 year old. And did I mention that I did not sleep well last night? Perhaps due to the impending surgery?

Okay, that’s not even the beginning, it’s just the background. But do you now have a picture in your mind of a harried Cass who really needs to slow down and take a rest? Who maybe needs a NAP? Well, dh is home today so I lay down with surgery boy and we were taking a nap. Oh my word. It was the best sleep I have had in weeks. It was Beautiful. With a capital B. Picture angels, and harps and sweet music and ……..yeah, ok, you get it. And then the phone rang. And though my 9 year old told the man I was sleeping, the demon on the other end told him it was “very important” and he should wake me up. And so he did, and I spoke to that devil of a debt collector whom I have offered payment arrangements to no less than 15 times and I asked him if he was bleeding and he said no, and so I hung up the imp, and then I mentally cursed him and got up to go to work, because my blissful nap was OH-VER.

Lying Jerk. If it’s not important enough for you to take arrangements on, it’s not that important. I hope you get boils on the ear you use for the phone and also on your butt. And if that’s not a Christian sentiment, let me adjust it to this: I hope you sleep the sleep of a mother of 8 for one full year. And then I hope someone calls you about something “important” when you finally lay your head and are getting a decent rest.

I have one more thing I wanted to tell you about, and honestly, I would probably wait until tomorrow if dh were home, but he’s not, so that means I can’t go lay down yet, so here I am and I might as well go ahead and tell you about the book, because that will keep me from howling in pain. Did I mention that my mouth hurts a little bit? Did I digress again? Oops. I need a new category: Cass Digresses. I put that on one of my new blogs: I digress. ha!

So, I got a personalized book for Drama for the express purpose of telling you about it. I have to tell you right up front that I messed up when I ordered this book, and so while I was a bit disappointed in the book it was mostly my own fault, and that I will probably order other personalized childrens books from them. I had th list several choices, and I did not pay attention to the descriptions when i was making that list. I’ve ended up with a book for Drama that would be much better suited to Batman. So, if you order, and if there are children on your gift list, you probably should, be sure to read the descriptions. You’ll save yourself some grief.

The next point of contention is the dedication in the book. I did not specify one because I did not want one, because I was not quite sure how the book was going to fit into our own holiday gift giving scheme. It’s locked in now though, because the book is from “Mommy and Daddy”. My suggestion: type in “no dedication”, because, really most people would want one, right?

They have a great selection of products to personalize on this site, from super heroes to Mother Goose. The prices are reasonable and the quality is good. My book feels solid in my hands, and I’m not worried at all about giving it to a three year old. They also have music cds and videos, many with a Christian slant.

Ok, dh has called and he is on the way home. Soon I can go to sleep. When I wake up , it would be nice to have a new face. If that is not feasible, I am willing to accept the old face not hurting.

Those of you who came by over the weekend may remember that I had a dentist appointment this morning. My mouth is about to be worth as much as my wedding rings. I have had two fillings and a “gross scale” cleaning, and I need 2 more and a “fine scale” cleaning. Here’s a word to the wise, ok? Don’t skip the prophylactic dental care. In the long run, you aren’t doing yourself any favors. I may be sinking a mint into my mouth, but I’d rather be getting new diamonds. And besides, clean teeth feel better!

I noticed a resurgence in the links coming in from people who are adopting the do-follow philosophy. Unfortunately, I have also noted an upswing in junk comments, that is comments left by folks who just want the linkback and do not really contribute to the discussion. Man, I hate that! I hate it so much that I have adopted Lucia’s Linky Love plug-in to deal with it. I love to give, but I won’t be taken. Have fun ya’ll.

Oh yes, before I forget: I do still moderate my comments.

So Saturday was the day. We had The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk here in Bittyburg. When we got to the bike trail, a group was using the community building for a birthday party, and a couple of the men there hung up the banner for me. That was way cool, because I am too short for that type of work, LOL. Here’s the sign:

And here’s me with the sign, just to show I was really there and all.

Honestly, I was very dissapointed, but I am also committed to making next year’s walk a more succesful event. We did not have the turn out I had hoped for, and I am pretty sure that was becasue we lacked publicity. The website never did reflect that there was a walk here, but only indicated the volleyball tournament in the next town. Of course, if I had known 3 or 4 months ago that I was going to organize the thing, I would not have chosen to do it the same day as the tournament. As it was, by the time I made up my mind to do it, I was locked in to some other scheduling already, and so I didn’t have much flexibility.

As I said, though, these are lessons learned for the next time. And there will be a next time. If we’re able, my mom and I will be out there again next year.

This post is sponsored by The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk

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I hope you guys had time to read all the junk I have to do this week, else this post may not make much sense. Or maybe it will make sense just because most of ya’ll happen to be females, too/ Who knows. But I do feel compelled ot not that I am only 10 hours into this endurance test of a week and I already need a nap. Just sayin’

Psalm 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah

I had a meeting tonight, and I have been dreading it for several days, and alternating between anger and worry. Oh foolish me! Foolish me! I forgot this one thing: God delights to help us. He wants to give us what we need. I should have just prayed about it and let God handle it instead of fretting. I’ve wasted time I should have been redeeming worrying about something God had already handled. Silly!

Oh, I think we had a good outcome, I’ll know more on the 26th. If not, then I’ve already spied a couple of windows.