The magical lunchbox

I’ve had this lunchbox for about six or seven years—probably closer to seven but I don’t remember exactly when I bought it. I do know I got it from Target and I chose the lime green over brown.

At a previous job, I got lots of comments on the lunchbox, like almost daily. And it’s happening again at my current job. Today was my eighth day there. I’ve brought my lunch on six of those days and gotten comments every time.

As the guy on the elevator said to me this morning, “It’s a great conversation starter.” That it is.

Notice how bright it is in the dining room? Still giggling over that.

A mash up

No posting since Thursday because I've been working on a huge stack of sewing projects:

Nice floors, huh.

That mess is actually about 10 projects all stacked on each other. To date, I've finished five of them so I'm about halfway through.The cats, predictably, are entranced by the mess so at the end of the day, I have to carefully drape a blanket over everything so they don't get into things they shouldn't.

And here are two random, recent pictures of the greys. Chloe likes to sit on my lap staring at the computer and I managed to get a picture of her online obsession.

Chloe

Eddie loves it when we watch TV and will squeeze his girth into the smallest place possible, almost always on me, and then fall asleep with a paw draped to indicate his ownership.

Eddie

Random thoughts from this morning's run

First, I don’t really run. I’m more of a trotter because I’m not at all fast. It’s a shame, really, I am very competitive but alas my body won’t cooperate. If winning only took the mental discipline, well I’d be world class at sports. As things stand, I get passed by almost everyone when I run. Oh well.

The sun sets earlier now which makes me sad. Boston is further east in the time zone and I can tell in the evenings. Plus we are pretty far north—42.36°N. That’s still further south than Bad Kreuznach, Germany (49.51°N) where I lived for three years, but further north than Kansas City was (39.11°N).. The sun isn’t quite so high in the mornings when I run, which is good because baby it’s been hot.

I see a lot of people walking their dogs when I’m running. I like dogs a lot but I’d hate to have to walk one several times a day, rain or snow, heat or cold. No thanks.

I realize many will disagree with my next sentence but it’s still true: I love WalMart. Specifically I love the cheap prices. I’m so very glad there’s one near work because the closest one to us in Boston? Is in Providence, RI.

Kent gets back today from helping his mother move. She’s having an estate sale today and I hope she’s able to sell everything and then do something nice with the money. She’s a neat lady and deserves good things.

Speaking of good things, my mother is also a neat lady—plus she had her knee replaced last week. So now she’s both neat and bionic.

Yes, my brain wanders in strange ways when I run.

If you get a chance

Check out the translation of the two talking kitties in the YouTube video link section. I laughed a lot--very cleverly done. Thanks to Kalea for giving me the link.