wow....it's only 7:50 and already it's a gazillion degrees out...okay, maybe it's around 80...but still, this is way too hot for this time of year! Anyone else out there melting? I know, I know, some of you actually LIKE this sort of weather! But not me....I'm SO glad to be going away to where the average temperature will be something like 55 - 60 degrees! woo hoo!! However, the thought of packing sweaters and sweatshirts does NOT appeal to me.

So here we are....in four days I will be making my way towards Iona from Glasgow. I can't believe it. I keep counting down the number of nights I still have to sleep in my bed....with my dogs. Or how many mornings I'll get up at a leisurely time, pour myself a cup of coffee and walk around the back yard looking at how much the flowers have grown overnight. Or how many...sniff sniff...I can't go on. Let's just say I WILL miss everything (and everyone) around me...because I LOVE everything (and everyone) around me. This is so bittersweet....but, I have to admit, a little more "sweet" than "bitter."

Okay, so here's a link to see the daily weather in Iona:
uk.weather.com/weather/local/UKXX0404?letter=I
Just copy and paste the address into the address thingy up at the top of the page. Hopefully, it will work for you...otherwise just go to "uk.weather.com" and fish around for the Isle of Iona...at some point, I'd like to get the above as a link right on the blog...but until I figure THAT out, there you go...
mary out.

coffee

We can send a man to the moon...why can't a coffee machine churn out coffee faster? I'm DYIN' here...waiting for the coffee to "give it up" to me. Ahhhh....one sip....two sips....I am regaining my sanity, and things don't seem so grim.

Why, dear mary, are you up so darn early? (I am, of course, assuming that you are wondering this...) Well, I am playing the 8:00 mass at Blessed Sacrament this morning...filling in, you see...

Today promises to be sunny...warm....NOT like Iona, I
fear! Although, I WILL be wearing flip flops at some
point...as God as my witness, I shall!!!!!

Time for more coffee.... mary out.

too tired for words...

Hey everybody....(yeah, like I have this HUGE following!)
No picture...sorry. Just words. Me talking and talking and talking...
actually, no talking, because I'm BEAT. I put $20-some in my gas tank this morning, and guess what? IT'S ALL GONE!!!

Gee, I love the president.

mary out.

frustrated

This is what I walked in on tonight...
BAD PUPPIES!!! BAD! BAD!

Oh well....pups will be pups! ( I know that Lucy started the whole thing....but as you can see Max is really enjoying a good chew under the piano bench...) argh.

hey, it's Saturday...

hey...it's Saturday, and it's raining....but guess what? It's raining in Glasgow, too!!! Okay, I think I'm going to be brave and let MORE people know about this silly blog. Right now, I have exactly TWO wonderful visitors....so I think it's time to open it up....PLUS you'll be able to read the sure-to-be hilarious commenatry from Mike. So....here it goes.... oh, and the picture...it's called "The Day God Spilled the Paint." NO idea who took it...it was sent to me and I saved it. mary out.

13 days...but who's counting?

okay, so here we are....Friday already. Two weeks from THIS MOMENT we'll be driving to JFK to catch our evening flight to Dublin....yes, Dublin first, then Glasgow, Oban, Craignure, Fionnhport and at LAST Iona!!! Why am I using this strange picture? Well, until I get a digital camera and figure out how the heck to get my OWN pix, I'm gonna use these free ones off the net. mary out.

puffins and poop

I discovered today that listening to my tunes via my iPod nano (Terrance) makes just about ANY job less boring....INCLUDING picking up poop!

This little guy here is a puffin...I'm trying to figure out how I can put HIS (or her) picture in place of my own, since I don't yet have a picture of myself...hmm.
Well, for now, here's mr./mrs. puffin.
mary out.

not there yet..

...but soon! Only TWO weeks from tomorrow!
Joanne just told me I didn't have to say anything....
because, quite frankly, with only one cup of coffee
in me, I'm not really alive yet...
so just keep watching this space for new posts!
mary out.