Notes from Abigail
What a great surprise to come home and find my order of Girl Scout cookies were waiting on my porch. The girls and their mom must have spent all afternoon driving around town and delivering their cookie orders.
My favorite is the Samoas – they have chocolate and caramel and coconut. I try to only eat two each day, but they are very tempting. If I didn’t have any willpower I could easily eat the entire box in one night!
While I was out in my future flower garden today I saw a hummingbird on my butterfly bush. I could tell it was a female due to the nonexistent red throat. She was amazing though. I couldn’t help but wonder if she had some little baby hummingbirds waiting for her back at the nest.
Have you ever seen any pictures of hummingbird nests? They are so tiny. I personally haven’t seen one up close but I have seen multiple in nature periodicals. Not only are the nests impressive but their eggs are nearly microscopic in size. Again, really impressive. These birds are miraculous and a jewel of nature.
I do not know why I think this is so funny, but it makes me laugh. I guess because there are always people who want to call other people names.
Sometimes I get into a spirited discussion – well, sometimes it is a full blown argument, I admit – and when someone starts calling names, that person who is calling names is the loser of that discussion.
Last night the news had an interesting segment about love and marriage in terms of the percentage of baby boomers who are now happily divorced. The statistics did surprise me slightly.
The news report stated that 39% of people believe in not getting married. The average age of men getting married currently is 28, while females average is 26. Nearly 51% of marriages will end in divorce. That is why most couples currently are waiting at least four years before walking down the aisle.
I was surprised most by the percentage of people not believing in marriage. This must have multiple reasons behind it. Like I mentioned earlier baby boomers, the oldest this year turning 65, most have already been married have decided that now all they want in a relationship is more of a friendship with no strings attached. they are discovering that they are much happier not getting remarried. In a way this is a shame. Marriage traditionally was meant to be a good thing but unfortunately, with the state of the economy among other factors, marriage has transformed into another hassle/ complication that people are realizing they do not need in their lives.
This weekend is supposed to be very chilly. After receiving buckets of snow and rain all in the same day we are now going to freeze and so is the fallen precipitation. Nothing goes better on cold day than a piping bowl of chili.
I was surfing the Internet for a new recipe for chili because I do not think that I want to use my old standby. I came across multiple recipes for chicken chili. I have never had chicken chili but it sounds delicious! Many of these recipes call for corn in it which makes it even more hearty and yummy. Currently, I am undecided on whether I am going to use water, chicken broth or cream of chicken soup as a base. I really think water will be too bland and cream of chicken soup too creamy therefore I guess my only option will be the chicken broth.
The best part of both recipes is that the whole thing goes into my crock pot. I love my crock pot. Have to throw all the ingredients in and leave it for the day!
Knowing that there is Free Shipping being offered can make or break my decision on whether or not to actually purchase something online. I have done must of my Christmas shopping on the computer this year and I have not paid a dime for shipping and/or handling.
I work hard for my money and I just can’t afford to throw my money around, especially since this year money has been tighter than usual. I am working as many part time jobs as possible. I seem to be always running somewhere to do something for somebody and it isn’t paying enough for what I need to have.
Today was the so called Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. It is called the biggest sale day of year, I have never went out shopping on Black Friday, I do not like huge crowds and hate the rudeness of the people on this kind of a day. I saw one report of a Wal-mart employee killed by a stampeding crowd in New York. I would hate to think how those people would act if it was an emergency or a natural disaster. Makes me want to stay in my house with my dogs with the door locked.
It’s that time of year to view beautiful fall leaves. I like to take a fall foliage trip every year. I have not yet decided where I would like to go but it will be in New England.
I think New England has some of the best fall foliage. My favorite colors are red, yellow and orange all displayed on the same tree.
As I went to work tonight the cool night air made me shiver. It was down in the low forties and breezy. Made for a cold night riding around with the window to the truck rolled down.
I know it will warm up later on but it was plain cold last night, the first really cool night of the fall season and I know that we have many more to follow, It takes me a while to get used to the cold I am cold blooded so it takes me a while to get used to the cold weather when it starts. Looks like tomorrow will be about the same so it will be bundle up time for me for a day or two I guess.
I could not believe my eyes coming home from work tonight. As I was traveling my regular route home, I saw in the distance ahead of me a car that appeared to be trying to merge. There is a short stretch of construction in this area where the right lane has to merge with the left. This particular car was riding the shoulder right up to the point where the barricades begin. I thought that this person was going to cream into the barricades! I was afraid to pass him, so I let him in front of me.
Next, I watched this car stay in the lane that must turn left onto the interstate – with the intention of traveling straight. Just as I tooted my horn to tell him to proceed through the green light and just as he was about to proceed, the light changed to red. The driver then decided he was still going to proceed through the red light and nearly missed two lanes of traffic that were turning. Hadn’t he swerved, they would have both T- boned his right side.
When the light changed to green I proceeded to dial the local police and inform them of this erratic driver. I was able to get up in back of him and get his plate number and a description of him. As I was on the phone with dispatch he attempted to pull over on the right side of the road. During this attempt he used his left clinker to pull to the right side. I hesitated to go around him but I did. I then pulled into a store parking lot and finished giving directions to the dispatcher.
What a scary few moments that was. I highly doubt that the local police will ever catch up with him, but I felt it was my civil duty to at least report it.