For the first time in a very long time the house is quiet. And no, Belle & Sebastian and overworked computer speakers do not count. Quiet. No possibility of interruption (I say this only to hex myself…). The world is my oyster. Or at the very least, this evening and all of Friday are my oysters. A buffet, I have. Sigh.

I’ve spent the last hour looking at my Very Long List of Very Important Things to Do Really Soon – attempting to organize, prioritize, compartmentalization… Silly Tracy.

My point? “Finish updating retrodiva.net blog” is on that list and in the Spirit of Completion I shall now vigorously scratch through “Finish updating retrodiva.net blog” and move on to the next. Wee!

If you happen to wander by, I am in the process of updating the layout and organizing my two sites – www.retrodiva.net & www.digitalfreebies.com – I hope to complete this task before….well, before too long!

Oh, sigh. I should be doing something Very Important, but I’ve been driven to distraction by Flickr. Specifically, Wee Cute Treasures. Sigh.

See if you agree….(but you have been warned).

Wee Cute Treasures on Flickr

The weekend flew back with typical weekend speed. The weather is gorgeous – bright, sunny, warm on my skin – it feels like summer.

I don’t remember last summer. Derek passed away March 1 and I don’t think I began feeling much else until the end of the summer…thus, I missed that warm skin feeling. It’s rather glorious, I might add.

My truck was broken into last night. Of course, they only took the stereo. I just bought the truck in January – the seller mentioned the stereo was “nice” and well, whatever…It plays music, right? Then it’s a-okay with me…

A few weeks ago, during the Sakura-con Weekend That Would Never End I had the alarm removed from my truck. Seems the “homegrown wiring” was randomly shorting out the 4-wheel drive, the right blinker and – this is the biggie – the windshield wipers. Ever try driving in Seattle without wipers? Just say no….

And so…it would make perfectly good sense that a few weeks later the stereo would be taken…However, I am not completely peeved – I have working wipers – yes! and no stereo to be stolen…So once I fix this now-missing passenger window – it should follow that I won’t get broken into again…

(And if I were writing a novel, that last sentence would be Very Heavy Foreshadowing…)

Too many errands, too many things on my list and poor time management (i.e. taking time to sleep) collided with Ruby’s three goldfish – Huggy, Lovey, and Kissie this afternoon. Egads.

I was perched on Ruby’s stool re-organizing my cupboards to allow for my Coupon Madness at Albertson’s earlier (more on Coupon Madness later…). The phone rang and as the groomer informed me of  Breezy’s new, super-cute state of existence, the phone slipped and I watched it ever so s.l.o.w.l.y slip into the goldfish bowl – located conveniently on the counter beneath me and fifteen boxes of Post cereal.

Sigh.

If it wasn’t 5:00-ish and time to think about dinner and time to get the dog (who was surely ready to kick over from the stress of hanging with the groomer all day) and time to get Hayley to voice at 5:30 and time to….I’m sure I’m forgetting something…

If it wasn’t all of those times right at that moment I’m confident I would have taken the time to Google, Wikipedia or in some other way consult the Great Internet Gods about Cordless Phones in Water…

But my brain wasn’t running as smoothly as it ought to and my first thought was – “OMG, I’ve electrocuted Ruby’s fish…..”

The wrath of Ruby, no matter how I might secretly long to flush those fish, terrified me. I hurried Ruby into Hayley’s room to hang with Audrey and requested Hayley’s assistance in Operation Save Lovey Huggy Kissie.

After momentarily freaking out about “the electric water!” Hayley’s assistance consisted of photo journalism and transportation of each little fish via collander to the new tub of water with speedy efficiency.

FYI – I eventually realized the fish would have been instant fish sticks if the phone had actually charged the water in some way.     I’m like, so totally NOT going to operate machinery in this state….