Showing posts with label Sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sleep. Show all posts

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Random Early Morning Thoughts!

  
      -- It's 3:08 a.m. Waaaaaay too early for me to be up!! O_O I should be sound asleep, dreaming of fighting off underwater sharks in the Caribbean or something!! ^_^

      -- There must be some psychological reason that my husband sleeps curled up in a ball, with his head half in his chest, and half stuffed in a pillow...A pillow, I might add, that he has dragged down to the middle of the bed...so that his feet are hanging over the end of the bed!! O_O ... Maybe I'm just jealous that he's asleep right now!...Ya think?!!!! Ha! Ha!

      -- Great!! O_O The only non-infomercial, non-crazy, thing on television...and which is on almost every channel!...is updates about tropical storm Arthur...which is about to be upgraded to hurricane status!...and is heading up the coast toward us!! O_O Maybe it's a good thing I'm up though, right?!...I can be sitting here staring at the weather channel trying not to panic...instead of being somewhere singing Motown tunes to a small cafe full of people who are hanging on my every note! O_O Ugh!....Come on sleep!!!

      -- What did I do with my saltwater taffy?! O_O I put it somewhere so that I wouldn't be randomly eating it...but now I don't know where that 'somewhere' is! O_O Oh well, it's probably a good thing. I can't sleep, and I don't think loading myself up with sugar is gonna help my present mental disposition, do you?! ^_^

      -- Why am I not doing something productive with my time, like crocheting?!...I started another fancy shawl, and stopped right at the 'change-the-color' section. I don't know if I want my contrasting strip to be white, black, a deeper shade of the blue that I'm using, or some wild variegated color! O_O I may just go with white. That way it could be a bride's shawl, to cover a white wedding dress! :-) ... Yes! I do think about things just like that...all. the. time!!

      -- Why is it that my bladder seems to be as fickle as my mind is sometimes! O_O It seems to like to sit quiet for hours in the late afternoon, but in the early morning it wants to be as noisy and uncomfortable as it can be!...and pushy too, every fifteen to twenty minutes too!!! ^_^

      -- What is wrong with the fingernail on my middle finger?! O_O It's growing longer and faster than my other fingernails!...and, when it gets a certain length, one side droops and starts to grow in a curl!! O_O I keep trying to straighten it, but it's determined to be a 'Gumby-nail'!! LOL

      -- It's hair washing day again...but I'm wrestling with why I would wash my hair today, when there's a hurricane heading toward us! O_O ... Okay, let's face it. I'd use any excuse to put off hair washing day ONE MORE DAY!! LOL What's wrong with being a 'mop-head'?!

      -- Oops! O_O The alarm just went off!...It's 5:00 a.m. Time to take my pill and drink my water, do my exercises, etc.... Ugh!...It's gonna be a long day!! O_O

      When I wake up again I'm gonna do another post though. I found something 'neat' on Etsy that I wanted to show you! :-) Until then.......!

Describe The Sky

Evoking awe and bouts of wonder.
Such inspiration, you just want to cry.
With birds high-flying, and winds a blowing,
what words would you use to describe the sky?

Would you say, whether clouds are upon it,
that it blankets a wondrous space?
Or would you be more awed and humbled,
hoping there you would find God's face?

I would say that when standing quiet,
looking up at the sun or moon,
there's a feeling of peaceful oneness
that I hope won't go away too soon.

Evoking bouts of awe and wonder
was probably what it was designed to do;
That is, besides giving off light and weather,
and the most spectacular view!

 

Friday, September 20, 2013

Could You Stay In Bed This Long?!


     I know I do a lot of talking on this blog...and a lot of 'showing off people's cute stuff'...and a lot of bird and backyard watching. And I love every minute of it! :-) But I saw something on my local television station's online site (WWLP on Facebook) last night that made me really wanna talk about it today!!!
     It fascinated and intrigued me!..Why?!...Because it involves people staying in the bed for a looooooooooong time!! ^_^ And I'm not talking two days long time. I'm talking more than two months long time!! O_O
      Apparently NASA...the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...is looking for volunteers who are willing to lie in bed for 70 days!...70 days!!! That's it, just lie there!... And your reward if you make it?!.....$18,000!!! :-) ...Uhhhhh....let me see...what do I have planned for the next couple of months!! LOL...


      Apparently there's a study being done to research the effects on the human body of long-term spaceflight. The kind where you're strapped in for weeks. They'll pay volunteers about $18,000 to do it...but you can't get up! You can read books, play on the computer, watch TV, even work, but you have to stay on that bed, lying down...for 70 days!...*blink! blink!*
         Could you do it?!...Could you forgo everything else going on, and just lie in a bed for 70 days...in order to collect $18,000?!!!....Uhhhh YEAH!!!! ^_^ I KNOW I COULD!!! I love my bed!! :-) As long as I could nap...and eat something good...conduct some Bible studies...and do my blog...and crochet...and chat on Facebook and Twitter every once in a while...I'd be in!!! :-)

         If you want some more information, or you wanna volunteer for the study.....It's only 70 days after all! ^_^ ...no kidding! This is a serious study!!...just click HERE!
       The only reason I'm not all over this is because I have a date tonight! LOL And I don't think they'll let you tag-team your 70 day bed stay with somebody else!! ^_^ I wouldn't give up my 'virtual' Friday Date for NOTHING!!!....not even the time to nap myself into oblivion....or $18,000...or NOTHING!!!! ^_^ What am I....CRAZY?!!!
       Have a good weekend, Everybody!...Take a nap or something. :-))



Time Goes By So Fast!

Time goes by so fast!
It seems to fly just like the wind.
Before you eat your breakfast,
seems it's yesterday again!

You visit with some friends,
go to work and cut the lawn.
Then you look up from your book
and face another fleeting dawn!

You're planning what's for dinner,
jotting down the grocery list.
You wake up from a nap,
and now you're looking at a mist!

Time goes by so fast!
It seems to fly just like the wind.
Make the most out of it,
cause it may not come again!

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

My Mind Has Me Twisting And Turning!


     You ever have so many things on your mind, and so many issues to figure out, that your mind tries to work them out for you...while you're trying to sleep?! :-] Well, that's what is going on with me lately!! It seems that just as I get one thing figured out, something else pops up to take it's place...and multiply!! O_O
      I think my brain is tired of me trying to figure things out, and it wants to do it all by itself now...in twisting and turning 'cat naps'! LOL I say that because all I wanna do is sleep!!...Nap!...Catch a few Zzzzzzs!! :-) And because of that, I'm always noticing all of the items on Etsy that would probably...at least in my mind!...make my resting and thinking time a lot more comfortable! ^_^


   I usually notice pillows!!...and those creative Etsians are making all manner, style, color, materials, texture, and size of PILLOWS!! :-) I can almost feel my eyes closing, and my head bobbing up and down, just thinking about them! LOL
    I especially love the colorful ones...big surprise right?! ^_^...like the lumbar pillow in the header photo!...I even like the grey corduroy back-side of the pillow (shown in the photo above).

     And, of course, along with color, I do SO love a pillow with flowers!!..another surprise, right?! ^_^ ... And if the pillow has flowers AND buttons.....Zzzzzzzzzz!!! LOL...
   

     ...(waking up)....Wait a minute!....What was I saying?! ^_^ 

    If you've already seen the photo below, you're probably thinking 'pillows with zippers? Wug likes those too?!!!' Ha! Ha!....No!...I don't like zippers on my pillows!...I just like zippers....period!...and I saw that somebody had them on sale and thought I'd tell you about it!! ^_^ ... 10 zippers for $2.90!!!...


      Now...back to my sleep! :-) ... Oh, if only I had the proper place to hang this hammock!!...


       But then...knowing me!...I wouldn't get an ounce of sleep, worrying about falling off of it!! Ha! Ha!...which brings me full circle, back to me twisting and turning, and not getting any sleep because I have too much on my mind!...*sigh*...I wish I could tell you the details, but some things are just not 'blog-able'...even for me!! ^_^
      I can tell you that my blood-work turned out fine, and...supposedly...I'm great!...considering the condition I'm in!! LOL...Don't you just love 'doctor/nurse speak'?! :-) ... And I can tell you that hubby started training for a new part-time job....We're not too excited about it yet, because we're not sure it's gonna be what we need to keep ourselves going. But we're trying to keep it positive, and in prayer!
     The other stuff on my mind is too detailed and too specifically personal to talk about. Suffice it to say...I think it would keep you awake too!! ^_^ I'm just thankful that I still have my crocheting...for all of the awake hours! :-) Twisting and turning my hand to crochet is much more comforting than twisting and turning to try to sleep!! ^_^



     Of course, if my business doesn't pick up soon, my Wuglyees shop is gonna be another one of those things I have to start my mind to figuring about!! O_O I don't want that!!...UGH!...Maybe I should slow down on the crocheting for a bit and read another good book to 'take me away' for a while! Another Jane Austen, or 'The Help' type book! :-) Any suggestions?!...Oh Well, Time to go back to sleep!...Have a good day, Everybody! :-)

 Read a Good Book?!

Have you read any good books lately?
Have you quietly sat all alone
and thumbed through the word-filled pages,
of a story your mind made it's own?

Have you drifted away to a place
where you almost could smell the sea?
Where you found yourself so out of sorts
that you didn't quite know who to be?

Has a character brought you to tears;
Made you think of a time long since gone?
Have you been so enthralled with a writer
that their every word formed a bond?

Have you learned new things for your future;
Remembered some things from your past;
because of great words put on paper
that made all the memories last?

Have you been so excited to finish
that you restrained the desire to look?
Have you told all your friends about it?
Well, it sounds like you've read a good book!

Friday, March 15, 2013

'Virtual' Date Night...Good Time For A Nap?!


      Woohoo!! It's that time again!...Friday!...and...'virtual'-Friday-Date-Night for hubby and I! :-) And WOW! This Friday is gonna be really exciting! Both of us are trying to feel better from colds and allergies, tired, overwhelmed with too much stuff to do, and not feeling like entertaining...or traveling! So......we're not!! LOL
      We aren't going anywhere! We're not doing anything! And we're not going anywhere or doing anything with anybody else!! We're gonna sleep!!...Yeah, I said it! We're gonna rest and SLEEP!!...after the coughing, wheezing, blowing of nose, and sipping of green tea and soup, I mean. ^_^ Doesn't that sound like a fun 'date night'?!...And it's not gonna be 'virtual' this time either! I'm talking 'for real, for real'!! LOL
      Just like the owl in my header photo says, "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart"...and naps have a sofa and couch, and a guest room, in my heart! :-)) Making a good nap the destination for our 'date night' is almost as good as going to France and sitting at a cafe' and having a large sausage and meatball 'grinder' (hoagie, hero sandwich, sub, etc...) with French bread! :-)
    Yes I know...all birds and owls might not agree...but sleeping in the daytime 'or' nighttime is good stuff!!... :-) ...especially when you're not feeling your 'tip-top' best.


      Before I head off to 'do' that...which is really 'doing' nothing! LOL...let me show you a couple of things...One being the two new necklaces that are now listing in my Wuglyees shop!...



     I love the buttons on them so much!!! :-) The above button looks like a literal black rose!...And the one below...


      ...looks like an artist's palate! :-)


       Oh!...the outfits I could wear with these two necklaces!!...but that's just me! Most people aren't that adventurous with color in the area where I live. Holyoke is a black, brown and tan kinda place. ^_^ Stylish...yes. But not too adventurous...Maybe my necklaces will change all of that!! ^_^

      The last thing I wanna share with you today is the highly too comfortable woodpecker in my backyard. He lets us take pictures of him. He hangs out on the feeder, surveying the landscape, for long periods at a time. He feeds his 'woody wood' girl woodpecker friend mouth to mouth on the feeder even! And now....this!...


             
       ...he is 'going to town' pecking at the tree in the backyard!! O_O We should've expected this, right?!...But we didn't! DUH! LOL...Now what?! O_O....Eh....I don't care today!...Peck away 'Woody'!! I've got a 'virtual'...not so 'virtual'...date with my husband! You keep it down so we can sleep, and we'll all be just fine!! ^_^

      Have a good day...and a good weekend, Everybody!...Night owls included! :-)

Best Laid...UnPlanned

Every last detail
had been very well thought out.
Well-laid plans were in their place.
Wait!...What's this all about?!

A fly has stumbled in the ointment,
'well-thought-out' just got a glitch.
Life has thrown another curve ball,
and all your plans you have to ditch.

'Change-of-plans' were uninvited.
The 'shoe has fallen' without a sound.
Oh Well! You can't be aware of everything,
nor every curve can you see around. 

Monday, July 9, 2012

Sleep...Crochet...Sleep...Crochet...Ooo! A Bird!


     Well, what do you want?! LOL This is what's going on with me these days. Attempts at sleeping....and attempts at crocheting something. Usually flowers. What else is there to talk about?! :-))


       This is my latest crochet project. And I know what you're thinking. Where is the slippers?! ^_^


    Well, the slippers are still in the same place they were the last time I saw them. And they're still not assembled either. Ugh!...I can't wrap my semi non-sleeping brain around configuring anything that involved right now.


      I say 'semi non-sleeping' because I "have" been getting some sleep. Just not "good" sleep...I have 'Sleep Apnea', and I use a C-Pap machine every time I want to go to sleep. It involves a full face mask and tubes running from my face, along with the sound of a breathing Darth Vader..."Luke, I am not your father." LOL...Yikes, where did that 35 year old reference come from?!! ^_^
      Anyway!...*Teehee*...as of late, I've been falling asleep fine, but less than two hours later....UP! Sometimes it's less time...The machine is suppose to be set so that I sleep approximately 6 hours straight through, without interruption. But that hasn't happened for a long time now!


       I've been attributing it to my hormonal changes, Spring allergies, an acquired sensitivity to perfumed smells...and cooking smells too!...or anything I could pin the disorder on, frankly! LOL Truth is I don't know why I'm all of a sudden not sleeping. My latest investigation has to do with the C-Pap machine. I was given a monitor type machine, so that they could record my patterns for a week and see if they could analyze what my problem is.
       Guess what?...I can't sleep with the monitor machine! The level that the machine starts to test at is waaaay to low for me. It's like having someone put your head in a bag and saying: "Just relax. The oxygen levels will calibrate themselves so that you won't die in a minute."...Yeah! Right! LOL...So, what happens next?!...I'll keep you posted. :-] 
     
       In the meantime, I crochet my flowers! :-)



      ....Get a little nap where I can...


       ...and crochet some more flowers! LOL



      What am I gonna do with all of these flowers?!...I don't know. They could be turned into anything at this point. If you want them, let me know. I'll list them in my Wuglyees Etsy shop for you for a very reasonable price. :-)
      I could be blanketing the world with flowers, because clearly I've got...


   ...miles and miles! LOL

       I was beginning to think that maybe the lack of sleep was driving me bonkers when I saw this huge swooping thing land in the backyard...a thing that I originally thought was an ostrich...just saying. It was moving kinda big and kinda fast! :-)) 
      And YES! I did get a picture of it!...


      The size of my backyard, and my picture taking skills, are making it look a whole lot smaller than it was. TRUST ME! When it took to flight hubby and I were so mesmerized that we forgot to click the camera!...We still aren't exactly sure what it was. A vulture?!...an eagle?!...a wild turkey?!
       Whatever it was was probably attracted there by the same thing that attracted two huge blackbirds to the woods yesterday. We don't know what that was either, but the woods were the main attraction yesterday...I hope nothing is dead out there! O_O Hubby didn't wanna go look!...Can't say I blamed him either! I didn't wanna watch anything yesterday except the Wimbledon Men's Final. :-)
        Congratulations to Roger Federer! He did it again!! And now he's the world number one again too!...Wonder what the former world number one, Novak Djokovic is gonna think about that. O_O


     Andy Murray played his heart out though. His speech at the end actually brought me to tears. I look forward to seeing him win a 'major' some time in the very near future. :-]

     Okay...I'm off to try to get me a few more winks, along with hubby. That man sure knows how to sleep!! :-) Hopefully, pretty soon maybe hubby will be able to hang a sign like this one on our door...


       I'm leaving you with a poem that's NOT MINE today!...Go figure! LOL It's an appropriate one by Robert Frost that I was reminded of when I was looking through JessicasGifts. 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening  
By Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.  
His house is in the village though;  
He will not see me stopping here  
To watch his woods fill up with snow. 
 
My little horse must think it queer  
To stop without a farmhouse near  
Between the woods and frozen lake  
The darkest evening of the year.  

He gives his harness bells a shake  
To ask if there is some mistake.  
The only other sound’s the sweep  
Of easy wind and downy flake.  

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.  
But I have promises to keep,  
And miles to go before I sleep,  
And miles to go before I sleep.

Credit for the use of the poem goes to the Poetry Foundation      

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Guess What, World?..............


        ....me and Matt are both dancing today! :-)) ... I don't exactly know why Matt is doing it, but I'm dancing because I FINALLY GOT SOME SLEEP LAST NIGHT!!!!!!! ^_^ And, in fact, I'm only half awake right now! :-) Hubby said he had to wake me up 3 times this morning before I actually seemed awake! LOL 
       And...NEWS JUST IN...this bounty of sleep has confirmed what I suspected all along as to why I wasn't sleeping.....Turn your head, men......I also got my 'friend' last night!....Ugh! (Sorry if that was too much information....You know me! ^_^)....Soooo....the old lady, hormonal story, continues! Ha! Ha!

        Guess what?....I'm going back to bed. I've got a lot of sleeping to catch up on, and apparently my body wants to do it....NOW!!! :-] After I eat a little something, of course. I've got to eat! I'm sleepy....not out of my mind! LOL

     But I'm not gonna leave you all alone...without something to smile about! :-) Me and Matt are gonna dance you on home!.....Have a good day.....a restful day....everybody! :-)

 

 Tired
 
Sapped, low,
weary, slow.

Dragging about,
plum tuckered out.

Fatigued, spent,
No power surge sent.

Depleted, drained,
almost empty-brained.

Pooped, sucked dry,
out of gas, can't try.

Exhausted, fried,
 done in, mopey-eyed.

Tired? There's no doubt!
'Cause I'm all petered out.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

.......And Then I'm Gonna....


      ...and then there comes  that moment at three o'clock in the morning when you realize that you're beyond tired, and you decide you might as well make some mental lists of things you need to do... and then you imagine yourself talking to.....SOMEBODY......ANYBODY!...to tell them all about it! LOL
     Yep!..the sleepless in Massachusetts saga continues!...*shaking my head* I know it's gonna correct itself eventually.....it has to!....Right?! O_O But until it decides to 'act right' I have to get on with it! I've got things to do! :-]

1. I've got to put a few more things on the grocery list...garlic....'Bic' ink pens (I can't believe the ink ran out of two of them on me yesterday!!)...potatoes...olive oil....and some boneless chicken breasts.

2. I've got to call my dad. It's been over a week since I talked to him!.....for real I mean. I was talking to him in the middle of the night last night, telling him some of the things I had to do. :-)) I didn't tell him I was gonna call him though. I want it to be a surprise! ^_^ ...Yes, I'm this tired people!!

3. Once you wake up.....later on, after  about nap three this morning...make a couple more lapel pins. Maybe yellow....or blue.


       Enough with the different versions of black and white already!! LOL



      ...and maybe make another crochet ring or two also...



     ...Enough with the pink with different buttons!! ^_^



        There's only so much pink a pair of tired old eyes can look at!! ^_^

4. Look up the word 'Bodacious'....and see if, first, it's an actual word. And second, what it means!

5. Take some more photos of the stuff in your "already made" bag....and LIST THEM IN THE SHOP!!!...Maybe if I list that again it'll happen...*shaking my head*

6. Look around on Etsy to see what new things people are making.


       There's always something new on Etsy! :-)


7. Write some 'Thank You' cards...one for the pretty yarn I was just given for free...and one for.......for......

8. Try to remember who the second 'Thank You' card was suppose to be for...*shaking my head* Ugh!

9. Do a few more paragraphs of your Watchtower for the meeting.....Wait! We have the convention this weekend....that's right!! O_O YIKES!!!

10. Put some more things on the grocery list for lunch at the convention....sandwich bread.....salad fixings.....cranberry juice....almonds.....and cheese.


11. Turn to the music channel, take some deep breaths, and GET SOME SLEEP!!! :-) ...Have a good day Y'all....Goodnight!

A Little Doze'll Do You!

I enjoy my sleeping, and a doze,
a nap, and such.
In fact I might enjoy a snooze
entirely waay too much!

At any time of day,
you'll find me like a weeping willow.
Head hung low and dragging,
looking for the nearest pillow.

No, there's nothing wrong.
I'm not depressed. I've still got bounce!
And I can stay awake and be
quite witty when it counts!

But I have been awake for things
when I could have been asleep.
And now my time's so valuable
I don't treat it like it's cheap.

My sleeping, dozing, napping,
is to my life a special key.
It unlocks and refreshes
and dispels anxiety!

Most people try to fill up
every hour in the day.
But me, I'd rather be asleep
and waste it all away.

There's plenty hours left
for all the flit and play and chore.
An hour for a nap right now?!
Why not?! There's 24!!