A Whole Lotta Nothing & An Umbrella
Boy are we lazy around here. I’m not sure if it’s a bad thing. But it sure is a thing to be reckoned with. My daughter is here, for Xmas, and we are having a very nice time. But we aren’t DOING anything. I mean we are walking the dogs, and cooking, and cheating when we play Trivial Pursuit, but besides that…we are just being really lazy.
I guess with her here I feel that trying to work would be rude, and likely frustrating, so I’m not even attempting any work. And she has no agenda. So it’s been easy to fall into not having any goals at all.
Christmas was nice and mellow here. I cooked much of the day. And we watched the movie Wall-E on DVD (cute). And we played our own special version of Trivial Pursuit where we don’t even bother to ask the useless pink questions that are always about some long-dead movie star neither of us can name and instead we hand-pick better questions about science, geography or history.
As far as loot went we all pretty much picked out our own gifts and then wrapped them for each other. So the actual Christmas gift-giving didn’t involve much surprise. But everyone was getting what they wanted, so it was satisfying.
The one gift I wanted which I didn’t get was a new patio table umbrella.
The old umbrella has a problem. Well, it has two problems. One of my cats, who shall remain nameless, decided to climb a ladder that was leaning against the house. And when she reached the top of the ladder she decided to jump onto the top of the patio umbrella. Well, that umbrella is 4 years old, so she went right through it and made a big hole in it.
But wait, there’s more. A few days after the cat jumped through my patio umbrella a second cat, who shall also remain nameless (only because I’m not sure which of the 8 it is), did the same thing AGAIN. So now the patio umbrella has 2 huge rips in it from cats falling through it.
The story is cute. But the umbrella really looks awful now. So I think we should either buy a whole new umbrella or replace the fabric on this one (its parts all work fine). But we haven’t gotten around to deciding which choice is better. So we do nothing.
I do hate that doing nothing thing. Though I am awfully good at it.
December 28th, 2008 12:41
I would be looking for another umbrella if I were you, before hubby gets the notion to build that roof thingy he was thinking of a couple of months back in place of the umbrella!
And as far as a whole lot of nothing…it’s allowed during the Xmas holidays, in fact I thought it was part of the festivities…no?
December 29th, 2008 09:39
So the kitties think the back yard is their personal play ground and the umbrella is their bouncy house? Cool! LOL. I want video. Of course, that would mean forcing one of the cats up the ladder then forcing them to jump, but I think even the attempt would make great tape.
Glad you are doing nothing, it’s good for you!