Life's a Bore...

 

Well here it is, nearing the end of the 30 day blog challenge and I only have a couple days to go. What a time to start drawing a blank.

I have thought off and on all day what to write a blog about. What would be exciting to capture your interest and have you wanting to read all the way thru my ramblings without wandering off in boredom. I was getting desperate. I was even following the cat around to try and get a few pics of her when she does all of that "cute" stuff cats do, but even she was bored with my pursuit.

I did manage to catch a big yawn for her and even though it looks a bit ominous, the only thing one had to worry about was bad kitty breath...

Once again my day was spent waiting upon the arrival of the local utility company and my time was spent in vain. I had a sneaking suspicion they wouldn't come. I will give them one more day before calling them again. I don't' want to seem like a demanding customer, and my main concern is for my neighbors who will be so inconvenienced if the tree takes out the power line. With the horrible heat we have been experiencing, I hate to think of anyone going without their a/c or being uncomfortable. I am just wishing the utilities would come and at least look at it and either address it or ease my worries that it will be okay for awhile, that it can wait and it's not endanger of falling any time soon. I guess I could call a tree removal company, but they will call up the utilities to turn off the electric anyways to trim or remove the tree. I hate the thought of spending thousands of dollars for tree removal, when it was just a few years back the utilities came thru town and removed a beautiful old walnut tree across the alleyway by the garden.

It was a majestic tree that rose up and arched like an umbrella, shading a good deal of the backyard. It had huge crops of nuts that the squirrels hoarded away like pieces of gold each winter. But the guy from the utilities at the time said it had to go, he swore it was hollow, it would fall any day. So they cut the big walnut tree down, down to it's solid base and drove off leaving me a pile of limbs, and brush to deal with.

So much for being hollow...so much for being a problem. Now that I have what I think is a big problem, they can't be found. It is frustrating to say the least.

We continue to be in a drought here in Nebraska, and if it' weren't for watering, the garden would be a total bust this year. Today, the second round of corn was picked, some green beans, and a few cucumbers. Marianne you will be glad to know that no one was harmed during their harvest. There was though, a rather large menacing club shaped zucchini that will be made into a more peace loving quick bread or two.

I've been reading several blogs lately on the stories and lives of fellow bloggers and I have to say it's been fascinating and a bit depressing at the same time. You all are so amazing. You have done or experienced things I never would have guessed. Just trying to make a list of my accomplishments has me feeling rather inadequate and thinking what a small life I lead. I need to get out more. I need to make more goals. I need to make sure the next chapter in my life overshadows the previous chapters, so that on my headstone one day it will read more than just a couple of dates with a dash. That dash has to have more meaning.

I have only two more days in the 30 day blogging challenge. I started the personal challenge on June 18th and I will take it thru July 18th. Even though I had a few blogs before my posting in June, I don't think they count towards that goal. I can't rely on what was done before, and that I have to judge myself on what I do now and not rely on the past.

It's something I have noticed or become aware of a lot more lately. People forget what you did for them or their needs and demands in the past. They only seem to concentrate on the here and now and it's as if those earlier years are just tiny footnotes that they vaguely can recall. I guess, that is the attitude to take, to be conscious of today. A part of me keeps close to me, the past though and I try to remember those positive influences and people that made those days or moments better.

So tomorrow, I will try to do better on writing my final couple of blogs. Hopefully I won't be judged too harshly on today's feeble attempts, and that this too will just be a small footnote in my 30 days.