Thoughts Too Short for a Blog Post

My pal Carole at Carole’s Thoughtful Spot (I love that blog name) sometimes writes blog posts titled “Thoughts Too Short for a Blog Post.” They are bite-sized blg snippets of musings, opinions, events, or, well, thoughts too short for blog posts! I find them always very interesting, and through them, I get to know Carole a little more (always a pleasurable experience). I thought I’d follow her example and write a post, too, because I also have lots of thoughts that are too short for a blog post!

I wonder if all the shed cat fur in the house goes directly into my computer keyboard… I cleaned and vacuumed my HP wireless keyboard and you wouldn’t BELIEVE all the cat furs that came up from under the keys. It was disgusting. I kept vacuuming and vacuuming and more and more fur kept creeping out! My keyboard looked like the Chia Pet of cat fur! You’d think Sasquatch was lurking below… YUCKO!

In other cat news, I came down to my office the other morning and discovered that my computer was on. I know I had shut it off last night. That bad Livvy must have scampered all over my desk, and her paw probably pressed the “on” button! The “on” button is in a bad place- I frequently, accidentally shut down the computer when I lean over and brush against touch the top. A lot of the computers I’ve had have poor “on” button placement. These manufacturers obviously do not have cats!

I recently purchased a very, very expensive Apple keyboard for a low, low price on eBay. I plugged it in and it worked OK, but it was filthy and some of the keys were sticking. Looks like someone had spilled soda on the very, very expensive keyboard! Things like that baffle me. If you’re going to spend a small fortune ($80) on a beautiful keyboard, why on earth would you drink soda pop next to it? And worse yet- why would you leave soda pop on it?! I de-stickified the keys by prying them off and cleaning the interior with a Q-tip; and fixed one key pad that was mangled (had a bent metal tab- I used a screwdriver to pinch it back into shape). All clean! Works great. It took me about 1/2 hour, tops, to do. And most of that time was spent trying to figure out why and what keys were not working.

Penny Raine gave me a Sunshine Award. Ain’t she sweet? :wubs: By the way, she’s having a great contest at her blog- Penny writes e-books about her homesteading family and she’s giving away a $75 gift certificate for the store! Nice! You can check it out here.

I’m very sporadic when I get awards- some I mention, and some I don’t. A lot of it has to do with time. Some days-weeks-months I am racing through, trying to cram in all that I have to do. I’ve never been very forgetful in my life, but lately, I’m forgetting things: appointments (oh dear), messages, losing track of the days! I’m not used to this and I feel a little lost. I think I need a secretary. My daughter, Alice, used to help me, but she’s become a young lady with her own interests now (even though she still does try to help her poor old mama with things!)

Speaking of blogs, I joined a new blog group called “Tribal Blogs.” I am familiar with a few of the bloggers, and I’m happy to see that some of my friends have joined, too. I like blog communities, but I participate sporadically only because things get so hectic here, in bursts. Blog-hopping is usually reserved for my leisure time, of which, unfortunately, I enjoy little these days. But Tribal Blogs is different than a lot of the *other* blog groups- Jen, the Head Honcho of the site, is very meticulous about what blogs are allowed in the group- no splogs, no make-money-online blogs, no crap blogs.