Whew! Do Not Go In There!
There's something to be said for a good purge every once in a while. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning bulimia here. Or any other self destructive means of dealing with severe body dismorphic disorder. Maybe purge is not a good metaphor. How about there's something to be said for a big fat steamy one every once in a while. Wait, I suppose that, too could fall into the whole eating disorder realm what with laxative abuse and what not. The point I'm laboring to make here is that my mind is a bit cluttered and I feel the need to release some of the incongruent tangents. The fragments of thought processes that lead nowhere and are basically taking up space in my head. Great! Now I've added--find a metaphor for purging the random thoughts in my head without appearing to condone body dismorphia--to the list. If someone has a better metaphor, please help me.
1) My gutters need cleaned. No metaphor here. I really need to have my gutters cleaned. Presently the gutters on my home are nothing more than ornate planters, except that stuff growing there is volunteer trees and weeds. How in the hell does a seed get 35 feet in the air and take root? How did the dirt get there?
2) It seems that the battery in my cell phone is refusing to hold a lengthy charge. That sucks! I don't want a new cell phone. It's not that I like mine, it's just that it is a royal pain to transfer all three of the numbers I have presently have stored in my phone. And it's blue.
3) Why am I washing so many towels? Do we have to wash a towel after each use? I mean, really. You are clean (supposedly) when you step out of the bath and use the towel. It's clean water--we don't bathe in the river. Although I have substituted a dip in the pool for a bath on more than one occasion. A wash cloth I can see. You are using that to scrub away the grime of the day but a towel? Can't we just use the towel, let's say twice, before we wash it? That would cut my laundry in half right there!
4) Yesterday the high temperature during the day was 64 degrees. June the 30th for Christ's sake. We had to go swimming just to warm up!! (Not really, but I'm sure the water temperature was higher than the ambient air outside.)
5) I use my video camera to take still pictures. (It has that feature.) But sometimes I wonder if I should use my other camera. I would love a nice digital slr. It's on a wish list. So is 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep but I doubt I'll see any of them anytime soon.
6) There are only 55 days until school starts. Can that be right? How can my summer be passing by this quickly? I'll have a 2nd grader, a 1rst grader and a pre-k der. So for three days a week for 3 hours, I'll be down to 2 kids. It's like free time!
7) I'm going to go pet the pig. Again, no metaphor. (You sickos!) The county fair is going on all week and the kids love the pig barn. Actually, they love all of the animal exhibits. The sheep barn is loud! Those suckers never shut up. Really. Then my kids start bleating back at them and I can't get that freaking sound out of my head! The goats are much more quiet.
All righty, then. I feel better. A little. Anyway, if you're looking for some reading with a little more substance check out Jeremy's site Discovering Dad. He's running a series this week called What Dads Really Think. It's a follow-up series to an earlier run of a wildly popular series called (oddly enough) What Moms Really Think. The series involves questions posed by some great mom bloggers and answered by an all-star panel of dad bloggers. Well, except for one--Jeremy asked me to be on the panel. Check it out. Yesterday's question was about communication and today's addresses the issue of flirting. It's a fun series and I'm glad Jeremy asked me to be a part of it.
1) My gutters need cleaned. No metaphor here. I really need to have my gutters cleaned. Presently the gutters on my home are nothing more than ornate planters, except that stuff growing there is volunteer trees and weeds. How in the hell does a seed get 35 feet in the air and take root? How did the dirt get there?
2) It seems that the battery in my cell phone is refusing to hold a lengthy charge. That sucks! I don't want a new cell phone. It's not that I like mine, it's just that it is a royal pain to transfer all three of the numbers I have presently have stored in my phone. And it's blue.
3) Why am I washing so many towels? Do we have to wash a towel after each use? I mean, really. You are clean (supposedly) when you step out of the bath and use the towel. It's clean water--we don't bathe in the river. Although I have substituted a dip in the pool for a bath on more than one occasion. A wash cloth I can see. You are using that to scrub away the grime of the day but a towel? Can't we just use the towel, let's say twice, before we wash it? That would cut my laundry in half right there!
4) Yesterday the high temperature during the day was 64 degrees. June the 30th for Christ's sake. We had to go swimming just to warm up!! (Not really, but I'm sure the water temperature was higher than the ambient air outside.)
5) I use my video camera to take still pictures. (It has that feature.) But sometimes I wonder if I should use my other camera. I would love a nice digital slr. It's on a wish list. So is 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep but I doubt I'll see any of them anytime soon.
6) There are only 55 days until school starts. Can that be right? How can my summer be passing by this quickly? I'll have a 2nd grader, a 1rst grader and a pre-k der. So for three days a week for 3 hours, I'll be down to 2 kids. It's like free time!
7) I'm going to go pet the pig. Again, no metaphor. (You sickos!) The county fair is going on all week and the kids love the pig barn. Actually, they love all of the animal exhibits. The sheep barn is loud! Those suckers never shut up. Really. Then my kids start bleating back at them and I can't get that freaking sound out of my head! The goats are much more quiet.
All righty, then. I feel better. A little. Anyway, if you're looking for some reading with a little more substance check out Jeremy's site Discovering Dad. He's running a series this week called What Dads Really Think. It's a follow-up series to an earlier run of a wildly popular series called (oddly enough) What Moms Really Think. The series involves questions posed by some great mom bloggers and answered by an all-star panel of dad bloggers. Well, except for one--Jeremy asked me to be on the panel. Check it out. Yesterday's question was about communication and today's addresses the issue of flirting. It's a fun series and I'm glad Jeremy asked me to be a part of it.
Posted by Zoe's Dad at Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:02 AM and is filed under Babble,Pet the Pig,random tidbits of thought,purge,discovering dad 
RE: the cell phone - are you able to just replace the battery and not the whole phone?
I like this post, sometimes I also need to jot down a list to keep my brain straight 8-)
Amen Frigga
BTW, we are towel hangers. Unless used for something really grungy, we hang 'em up to dry and wash 'em after a few uses.
My gutters need cleaning too. If I tied one end of the rope to my six year old and the other end to the chimney, could I make him do it?
We did just break down and get new cell phones though. I found the transfer of numbers meditatingly relaxing. Might want to give it a try.
I just told my husband that his mom has bushes growing out of the top gutter on her house. I'm with you on the towels thing--How many times do I have to tell them?? I'm glad you are empty now.
I call it a "brain dump."
So is this the Zen of Poop? Brings new meaning to the saying, "Are you happy to see me or is that just some bloating before a purge you have going on there..."?
Catherine, the redhead blogger
I was nodding my head in agreement with numbers one and two because I have the same problems. I agree with you on three too and sympathize on number four--it hasn't been warm enough this summer and it's been much too wet. I don't even want to start thinking about number five. As for six, you lost me--I don't like the animals at fairs at all.
Dude, you are the star of the panel...I didn't tell you that? Sorry man! Seriously though, the series is going great this week, and I really appreciate you spreading the word here. I hope readers will come and check out your incredible insights on some tough questions posed by the 5 moms! Thanks Ed!
Sounds like my ramblings sometimes! Good way to clear the head.
Man, those are some tough questions over at DD. I'm glad I'm not in the hot seat!
Like your posts her and over at DD. When you aren't off petting the pig, you write some great stuff. I know, I know...I'm a sicko!
Frigga-- I've had poor experience with replacement batteries. Very poor!
Gette--We were--but towel rods will not hold a 40 pound girl swinging like a monkey!
Jeff--I've considered a belay line for the gutters. I'm still scared.
Kissin--There may be more...kind of like a two flusher!
MGM--I may have to use that, thanks.
Red--I am happy to see you!
Darren--I like the animals--not the carnies that run the rides.
Jeremy--loved the series.
Quirkee--I felt better after the purge. Then I saw all of the weeds in my yard. Now I'm sad again!
James--Thanks, man. I enjoy reading your posts as well and saying to myself--yeah, I remember that.
Ha! My dad used to say the same thing... why wash the towels after one use; aren't you already clean when you use them?
He had a point there...
Your dad sounds like a very wise man.