Hobbit-Sense at OneFreeGarden.com

Here’s hoping the link is correct, because the time difference has put me ahead– wooohooo!  Well… technically I should be getting dressed, etc., so we’ll see how quick these quick takes can be!

1.  I need lists.  You know why?  Because otherwise I’ll plan a shopping trip, get to the store, and have no clue why I’m there.  Luckily this week I remembered this before I went to the store I’d planned to go to on Tuesday– nice because Moscow is a large city and to get good prices you have to travel.

2.  I need lists for things like Quick Takes because after posting last week, and mentioning how I’d saved up some, etc., I realised I hadn’t remembered more than one of the things I’d planned to mention.  Do I remember them now?  Er….

3.  I remember this one!   Anyone else gotten some funny suggestions from Facebook?  It’s been trying to tell me how to treat people I know… of course, not every FB friend is, in fact, a person…

Do you think the Pope would mind if I scribbled my affection on the side of St. Peter’s?  …  Really?  Darn.  Guess I’ll just have to keep going to Mass and praying to Jesus.

4.  I was thinking about my recent preponderance on food on this blog… it’s very strange, because I don’t actually eat tons.. I tend towards one actual meal and then fruit or bread or what have you.  I think it’s because I actually completely love preparing food for a group… especially one in which my very basic cooking skills look good by comparison.  Have to make some things a bit more obviously good for you… I love making veggie soups but for a 50 minute metro ride to a friend’s, not so much.

5.  I have gotten the Moscow Bargain Hunter seal of approval from my local manager and other teachers.  A teacher from Brooklyn but of Russian descent (and now Russian marriage, speaks fluently, etc.) recommended this place as similar to a TJ Maxx and thank goodness she was right– a friend and I went and we did very well.  We did so well, in fact, that most people have been double-checking that they’re not used… no, they’re just past season.  Score one for the bargain-ator;  this city is pricey.

6.  Speaking of other human beings… amazing what a concerted effort towards NOT being a hermit will do for one’s social life.  I don’t dislike other people- actually, I LOVE people.  I just have this natural proclivity for avoiding them like the plague for reasons unbeknownst even to me.  The food and people love are coming together, though- a group of us are getting together on Sundays.

7.  And a serious one… if you haven’t seen my reflections on that Ten Prayers book, do check them out (Sage Sayings: World Record Sinners;  Outdo Me, Lord; Upping the Ante;  listed in chronological order as well as order of increasing awesomeness).  I think the prayer about asking God to use one as an instrument… well, let’s just say it’s more evidence that the book is on target, because I think God has been using me as such the last couple weeks.  I sure hope so anyway!

alright… that’s it… gack 15 minutes to dress and get the heck out of dodge… bye!

-theRosyGardener