A Surprise Trip To Bodega Bay

This morning I attended our monthly Writers' Group meeting. None of us are actually writers, but we love extemperanious (SP?) writing once in a while. We are a very small group and usually just pick a word out of selections we all contributed months ago. Today's word was pinafore. As usual, I quickly went way off in my own direction, writing about letting our children grow up too quickly.

Anyhoo - while there, I got a phone call from my husband. He had left around 8:00 that morning to attend a 3-day offsite at the weekend home of his manager -- 120 miles away. Guess what he forgot? All his clothes. He had taken his suitcase with all the little stuff, but he was going to transport his clothing on hangers in the backseat. The clothes were still hanging in our bedroom. "Could you bring them up?"

Say what? I should spend 5 hours (round trip) in the car to bring you your clothes? Well, that's what I did. Of course I had to arrange for someone to take care of the dog overnight (at least I get to spend the night here before returning). Missed a 20-cent listing day on Ebay today, and have to miss my monthly Bunco group tomorrow. I know - nothing major. And what's a little driving on a sunny day -- to a beautiful place -- for someone you love.

(but boy -- does he owe me big time! ;-)

The First Day of 2008 / Sleeping Snails

Happy New Year, Everyone!!!

Had a great dinner last night at one of my favorite restaurants, Kabul -- Afghan cuisine: best kabobs you can have. Hubby and I were joined by my best friend and her husband. Afterward, we went back to our house just to hang out until the new year had been rung in.

Got some email from a friend with some 'interesting facts'. A few of these I had never heard and wanted to check out. For example:

a snail can sleep for up to three years

I found quite a few trivia sites that stated this information, as well as some educational sites. But, the best information I found was on naturalhistorymag.com http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/master.html?http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/editors_pick/1954_11_pick.html

Here is a quote from that site:

"While certain land snails hibernate, there are others that estivate. Egyptian desert snails can withstand a prolonged summer sleep, and one was an estivator of such endurance that it confounded the staid British Museum staff. Assuming that the shell of an Egyptian land snail was empty, a museum worker attached it to an identification card in March, 1846. Four years later in March, 1850, traces of slime were noted on the card. It was immediately put in water, and when the shell came off the card the animal crawled out."

Now that's cool!
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Here's another page from my altered book "It's About Time".

This page is titled "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine"

Click here to see how this page was made: 'A Stitch in Time'