There are a lot of creatures where we live, since we don’t live in a big city. I can walk out my door anytime of the day or night and find my yard filled with birds. We’ve had lots of bird nests on the property this year, so we’ve seen a lot of baby birds, too. We have these birds who drop their eggs on the grass (can’t remember what they’re called), so the babies just spring up and wander around on their spindly little legs like storks across my grass. the amusing thing about this is we have 5 dogs. Sometimes there are hundreds of birds in my back yard. You think the dogs chase them? Uh, no. They’re lazy and it’s hot and the birds know that the dogs don’t care. Heh.

I can sneak out the garage at night and find rabbits hopping around the yard. We’ve had a lot of rabbits this year, which makes me thankful we have fencing around the vegetable garden. It’s one of the nicest things about living rural. The last time we had a good rain there were crawdads doing the backstroke down my flooded driveway. Should have gotten video of that one. Heh.

The other day I hung out in the driveway and saw one of the neighborhood cats getting comfortable under a tree. Several birds weren’t having any of that because they have nests in that tree. They swooped down on the cat, squawking and flapping their wings right over the cat’s head. You’d think this would get the cat excited and make the cat want to attack the birds. Uh, no. The cat wanted no part of this so it moseyed on. Not satisifed the cat was leaving, the birds chased the cat clear across the yard, continuing to screech and dive bomb the kitty until the cat took off in a run and got the hell out of there. Amusing and oh so entertaining.

We had a (rare) cool night the other night so climbed on the bike just before dark to take a short ride (lord it’s hot here). Biker Dude took what we call the scary road home, a one lane with thick trees on either side that canopy the sky, isolating you completely. It’s awesome. While riding, a few deer jumped into the road up ahead so we slowed down and watched them leap the fence into the pasture on the other side. As we were watching them, three baby coyotes dashed into the road in front of us and tried to wriggle their way into a small hole on the other side of the road.

Was a good ride that night.

You never know what you might see out here.

More aptly titled, What The Hell Has Jaci Been Doing And Why Is She Ignoring Her Blog?

You know, it seems like only yesterday that I blogged. Not last week. But I looked up from my desk and saw that it had been an entire week. Sorry about that. The world keeps spinning around me, and the tornado of my life keeps throwing its debris at me, so I’ve been busy chasing after it so it doesn’t come crashing down.

When I sat down to write this blog I figured I’d fill you in on everything that’s been going on since last week since I was obviously way too busy to blog.

Yeah, I’ve got nothin’. Routine, mundane, everyday tasks like writing the book (lots of time spent flogging the book. Lots and lots of lots of time), doing the laundry, grocery shopping, picking vegetables from the garden, trying to keep the dogs from having heat stroke because it’s whoa and damn hot outside. People, it’s only June and we have heat indexes over 100 degrees already. What will August be like? Ugh. Biker Dude and I went for a long ride on Sunday and it was eleventy million degrees outside. He loves the heat. Me, not so much. I needed many stops at air conditioned convenience stores for ice cold drinks. Am certain he hates me because I’m such a sissy. (Sorry, babe.)

Since my last blog I have ordered new sunglasses to replace the ones I stupidly lost (I know, you’re all thrilled for me, aren’t you?). Went shopping over the weekend and bought some stuff for the RWA National conference in Orlando in July. And then ordered more stuff online. I do love to shop, and there are a few more things I still need to get. Gah. Conferences are expensive, especially when you need cocktail dresses and shoes.

I got the new iPhone4! Very excited since my last iphone was the 3g i bought almost 2 years ago. This new one is slick and shiny and fast and graphically beautiful. Just activated it started playing with it today, and loving it so far.I use the camera on my phone a lot so having the zoom will be fun, and it has video! Wheee! So are you all iPhone junkies, or are you AT&T haters and you do other phones and services? I’m always interested in where people stand in cell phone land.

Will be back tomorrow. I promise. 🙂

So #1 son and his family have packed up and moved back to California. That means I won’t get to see this beautiful face:

Or this beautiful face:

I’m going to miss them all so much. Much unhappiness at my house this week. 😥

And then yesterday I was out running errands and somehow managed to lose my WileyX sunglasses. They’re my favorite sunglasses. Biker Dude called me old and senile. Then again he lost his wedding ring several years ago, so he’s still the biggest loser. Heh. Still, my sunglasses! :gah:

To top it all off I’ve been fighting some bizarre stomach virus this week that’s making this horrible week even worse. And the allergy cough that’s keeping me up at nights. I’m exhausted.

And don’t even get me started on the biblical type rains that have dumped epic storms on us the past few days:

Can this week be over now please?