What's going on in my world? ... Spiders.  Spiders, spiders and more spiders.  Ok, I get it, thank you spiders, cut me a break now.

Also, many of you are parents here ... can I ask you a question?  How can your child say "mom" seventy five times, standing right next to you, and you don't hear it?  Gods, that's annoying!  Could you PLEASE, when you're in public just say "What" or "Wait" or even "Shut your pie hole a minute" ... anything ... for the love of the gods!!! 

I am a good ignorer!  There are days my husband has to tell me the house is on fire before I pay attention to him but I react to my name and to proximity.  If he was standing next to me saying my name over and over I would say "WHAT!!!???" or at least smack him or something, maybe bean him with my shoe ... but it's not humanly possible for me to sit through that and have no reaction.  So maybe being a mom makes you super-human or something, I don't know how it works, but to those of us that haven't developed the ability to block out the most annoying sounds on the planet ... it's freaky! 

I've also decided that infertility is my super power.  And I'd have a cape and tights if I wasn't allergic to spandex.  Ok, I'm not technically allergic but you should thank me for not wearing it.  Trust me on this one.  [It seems like there should be a funny latex joke right about here doesn't it?]

Anyway, about my super power status ... it's like Mutant X ... some mutants developed psychic abilities, flight, manipulation of matter, invisibility, and various other super cool things.  My genetic mutation produced a womb with a 'no vacancy' sign in it. Somehow though, as cool as it is some days, it seems sort of a let down when I think that I could have had super human strength or laser beams shooting out of my eyes (preferably my eyes I guess. It could be really embarrassing if it was some other orifice.  I'm just saying ...)

Anyway, it makes me wonder what they do with all the nerdy kids at the mutant x school ... the ones with the weird mutations.  The kid with an extra finger so he can flick you off more efficiently.  Or the kid that can sense when your printer will run out of ink.  That would be a really anticlimactic skill!  Or the kid that knows how a movie will end.  [Wait!  I think that might be my sister's super power!  She does that all the time!]

Another unhandy mutation would be to know something was going to happen AS it's happening!  That would suck!  He'd be the kid that would always be saying 'I knew you were going to say that.'  You might have met him on the street already!  Or to be Male Pattern Baldness Man ... not a handy genetic quirk.  I think my husband got the Stating the Obvious genetic mutation.  No kidding, one night I was outside watching the moon come up and he walked up to me, lightly back handed me on the arm and said, "Hey, the moon's coming up."  I might have been confused by which moon he was talking about but he was also nice enough to point to it so I wouldn't miss it.  He's Captain Obvious!  He needs tights!  I tried to develop my 'make you melt into a rotting pile of refuse' stare also but so far all I got is the womb thing.  But hey, on the bright side, I won't snap some day and leave a child fatherless.  That's a bonus!

My point?  I have one ... really ... All I'm saying is next time you're dating a loser, or stuck at every red light in town, or gravity flairs up around you making you drop everything you touch, don't be too hard on yourself.  It just might be your super-power.  Think about it!

(And if you have that gravity mutation you might want to remember to shut the lid on the toilet before you brush your teeth and always keep extra toothbrushes on hand.  I'm totally guessing on this one. Really. Welllll, sorta ... )

Swiped from Willowluna ...

1. I've come to realize that my hair... is really soft when I use pantene conditioner.

2. I've come to realize that my legs.... don't always work as well as some people with more coordination.

3. I've come to realize that my job is....ok.  I don't mind going.  Some days I laugh a lot there!

4. I've come to realize that when I'm driving....my husband nuts ... it's a short trip!

5. I've come to realize that I need...to go to London.  Yeah, I don't know what I'm talking about either but there it is!

6. I've come to realize that I have lost....the ability to slap on a phony persona and be pleasant to people that I don't want to be pleasant to.  I'm embracing my inner bluntness.

7. I've come to realize that I hate it when....I get up and pour a bowl of ceral and realize I don't have any of my milk in the house.  Then what do I do, eat it dry, eat it with J's milk on it, pour it back in the box, saran wrap it ...

8. I've come to realize that if I'm drunk....I better slow the party train down a bit and wait for everyone else because they're just getting started and I'm about done.

9. I've come to realize that money....is like trying to catch wind in a jar.  It's best to not stress about it and let it just float away.

10. I've come to realize that people....are strange when youre a stranger
Faces look ugly when youre alone
Women seem wicked when youre unwanted
Streets are uneven when youre down
When youre strange
Faces come out of the rain
When youre strange
No one remembers your name
When youre strange x3
People are strange when youre a stranger
Faces look ugly when youre alone
Women seem wicked when youre unwanted
Streets are uneven when youre down
When youre strange
Faces come out of the rain
{Come on, sing it with me. I know you want to! And don't sing "x3" sing the line three times!}
When youre strange
No one remembers your name
When youre strange x3
When youre strange
Faces come out of the rain
When youre strange
No one remembers your name
When youre strange x3

11. I've come to realize that I'll always be...a sarcastic smart ass.  Yay me!

12. I've come to realize that my significant other....(I've always thought that was a stupid saying 'significant other.'  What the hell does that really mean? Anyway ...) can't watch a football game without screaming profanities at the television.  It only bugs me because he drowns out MY screaming profanities.

13. I've come to realize that my mom....gets so pouty when I refuse to let her guilt trip me!

14. I've come to realize that my cell phone....is as cool as I am.  Yep, it's that un-hip! I'm surprised it doesn't have a rotary dial.  For anyone that doesn't get that ... go ask you mom about it ... maybe even your grandma.

15. I've come to realize that when I woke up this morning....I didn't dream about a big gorilla made out of mud trying to push my car over a steep cliff.  Phwew!

16. I've come to realize that last night before I went to sleep....I was wondering how to defeat a giant gorilla made out of mud.  I decided probably a really strong hose.  Welcome to my world!

17. I've come to realize that right now I am thinking about....that damn gorilla.  Change the topic already!

18. No question 18! ... I'll learn to adjust when the shock of it passes.

19. I've come to realize that when I get on MySpace....I'm about as cool as my cell phone.  Rotary dial ... google it.

20. I've come to realize that today....flew the frig by!

21. I've come to realize that tonight....I wish I had some alcohol and a bunch of friends over.

22. I've come to realize that tomorrow I will....not be hung over as I don't have any alcohol or friends over.

23. I've come to realize that I really want to....drink with my friends ... didn't we cover this already?

24. I've come to realize that the person who is most likely to repost...is elusive to me right now. I'll check the crystal ball and get back to you.

25. I've come to realize that life....really is like a box of chocolate.  It's a shame though that in life you can't crack people open to see if the gooey stuff at the center is something that you like or something that you want to squish back together and stick back in the box for some other sucker to find.

26. I've come to realize that my friends....are whacked!  Thank the gods!!!  I'd hate to be alone on that one!

27. I've come to realize that this year....is MY year.  Starting New Year (Samhain) it's a new beginning and I'm going to seize it and squeeze every bit of fun and love and life and joy and creativity and success out of it that is super-humanly possible!

For the first time in a long time I'm mourning the passing of summer. I love fall, don't get me wrong, and I don't mind winter all that much, but I love having daylight when I get home ... and pretty soon it will be getting dark at 4. Gak!

My evenings have been filled with bear and skunk in the yard.  I swear I weigh more than the one bear that was in my pear tree last night ... not that I want to wrestle him or anything, it's just so small and doppy. I'm not sure if this little guy is one of the mama and three cubs or a different bear.  And there is a yearling that's been coming around also.  That's a lot of freaking bear!  They are seriously cramping my evening walks and my time for sitting around in the yard!  But this is the time of year that the citiots come to their cabins and feed them in and then go home and leave us to deal with the hungry teed off wild life.  It's called wild life for a reason!  My citiot neighbor feeds them in and then when she runs out or forgets to feed them they go after her feed for her animals and she shoots to scare them away.  At what point does someone realize that's stupid?  The bear tore her porch off her house a couple of years ago.  Haha, it was great!

I always know when bear are out there, my cat gets all wild eyed and wants out now now now!  Not sure what he plans on doing with it but he wants out there.  And I know when a skunk's in the yard, the cat wants in now now now!  Funny little thing he is!

Anyway, it sure is feeling fall-ish ... AND ... we had thunderstorms yesterday so it was like summer's last hoorah.  It was really great!  And most of the storms went south of us so the stars were out overhead, Jupiter was clear as a bell, and I still got to enjoy lightening, thunder and wild magic!  Hoorah!

Here are some of the pictures I took today and the last one is one that I've been meaning to put up ...

This is the storm damage from last nights Ike wind storm.  This is my neighbors cabin and tree taken from my side front yard.  I have a view now!!!

This is the magic tree that's in a fern grove (can ferns be called a grove?) Anyway, it's an opening in the rabbit hole that has this awesome tree  ... it's one tree that had fallen over and the part on the right is a branch that grew up ... it looks like conjoined trees but it's just one tree.

This first one is The Walking Tree.  Every time I see it I think it must walk around when no one is looking.  Maybe it's an Ent.  And the second one is a creature house ... I'm just sure of it! :)

And this has to be Aragog, Hagrid's friend.  I tried to put my hand up by it to show how big he is but he jumped and I jumped so screw that!  He's almost as long as my index finger and I don't have small hands!

And this last one is the picture of the leaf that I found the first time I realized the magic of the rabbit hole.  It effected me so much I'm writing a book and calling it The Red Leaf.  Is this cool or what? [And Bren, I'm sure you'll appreciate the heart rock!]

OW!

LOL! I just realized I made my sister come pick me up and drive me to the gym.  It's a block away.  Yeah, I'd hate to walk all that way.  LOL!  Duh!