Lawnmowers

I think that we can all agree that there are a finite number of houses within earshot of my house here in Peterbourough. Therefore, there are also a finite number of lawns. However, there seem to be an infinite number of lawnmowers. They're everywhere.

And when they're not mowing the lawn, they're roaring up and down the alley on their silly atv. Who does that? And then there's the circular saw/other shop equipment. Grrrr. I hate noise. Spoiled by growing up in the country. Even the annoying coo of a mourning dove or the tiresome hum of the cicadas would be preferable to this mechanical noise pollution.

Anyway, that should be enough complaining for now. Time to say positive things. Like, I just had a really tasty mocha cappuccino that I made myself. The weather and flowers have been beautiful. I walked up to Laura's recently, and really loved the smell of the lilacs on the way. As an aside, I think I'd like to start an informal poll. Should it be pronounced "li-lock" or "li-lack"? I prefer "lock" and am quite annoyed by "lack" but I'm willing to entertain other points of view...

Hmmm. I think that's all. Have to save some of it for my novel. Ha.

Trivial Pursuit, handi-clapping and cheating

Well, I really love laughing, so it's a good thing that Laura invited us over for a fun evening. There was pie. There were jokes. There was enough lame-ness to last a long, long time. And it was great. I think that when Laura and I have enough in our change jars for our trip to Philadelphia, we should take out some and buy an up to date version of TP, one that has pink questions for films that we might conceivably have seen. Like they were released in our lifetimes.
But it was awesome, and I got the satisfaction of winning, sorely missed after the Easter debacle. I know I can be a know-it-all, and none of it is very practical knowledge, but I hope that people can put up with me anyways. Now all there is to do is find the names of Laura, Norah and Dave's blogs, so I can start following them. This is only going to work if we all stalk each other!

Beginning to Blog

So, the last couple of days, my friend Norah has been saying "blog you later" quite a bit. I found that inspiring. Not sure if there's much that I need to say in this forum, but it's worth a try!