oh deer....

Odds and ends in life bother me

     I do a column for the Rochelle News Leader.  Runs the second and fourth Sunday of the month.  Finished it, sent it, looked for it. in tonight's paper... not there.  Why?  Because this is the first Sunday of the month.
     At least I wasn't late.
     That all ties in to my inability to keep dates and numbers straight.  Yes, I should have written it down in a calendar instead of on a piece of paper that may or may not have held a food item, but I grab what ever is close.
     Had a wild bunch in the yard tonight.  We counted 9 deer when we came home from church.
I think that word shows why English is difficult.  One goose, two geese.  One moose, two moose.
One fish, 10 fish.  Foot/feet; tooth/ teeth......you get it.  There doesn't seem to be a logical way to make plurals.  One deer, 10 deer, oh deer.
     Tried sweeping the winter debris out of the garage today, but got so cold had to go inside and lay in front of the fireplace.  Or lie?  No, I told the truth.  I was cold.  No lie.
     I have not seen many people complaining about Rochelle's gas prices, which are lower than towns around us.  Did one gas station really make that big a difference?
     Going to an Easter brunch tomorrow at a restaurant.  Good for a couple of reasons.  We won't have to cook, for one.
     That would be a problem.  We have lived in the house a little over two years and finally, last week, we ran the self cleaning feature on the oven.
     Afterwards it made a terrible noise.  burned out a fan.  Bill to fix:  somewhere about $230.  Sean the repair guy said this happens a lot to people who don't use the self cleaning feature.  He suggested we use it every three months whether we need to or not.
     That means someone better make some pies to get the over dirty so we don't waste the self cleaning feature.
     His message:  Use it or lose it.  Or in our case, repair it.
     Happy Easter....hope you find all those eggs you hid.