Life in the Cheese Drawer

i get a daily calendar for work, and this past year i picked up a “forgotten english” one, which had words every day that have gone out of use. i was in search of the perfect word i thought needed to be used regularly again. i saw it, loved it, forgot to write it down. (good grief.) i might have found it?
here’s a list of the best words i found:

• smyster: to idle sitting over a fire. to talk or laugh to oneself as in a daydream
• balitorium: riotous. merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire
• flire: to have a countenance expressive of laughter without laughing out (laughing so hard you don’t make a sound??)
• zouch: an ungenteel man or bookseller (??)
• amaritude: bitterness
• graith: all things necessary for preparation or readiness. the trappings/gear needed in any pursuit. the verb, graithe, mean to prepare or make ready
• gardyloo!: a common cry in ediburgh when peeps threw urine, slops, etc out of the windown
• cunctator: one who acts tardily – a delayer
• ramage: the boughs or branches of trees
• eargh: superstitiously afraid. eerie is derived from it.
• bookwright: a maker or author of books
• scelerat: a villain or criminal
• cluttery: when it is raining with thick clouds all around
• mopple: to confuse
• carnaptious: irritable, ill-tempered, cranky or cantankerous
• bell-wether: leader of a flock or sheep with a bell (also found out on this day that a black sheep in a flock was good luck)
• minnock: to affect delicacy or to ape the manners of one’s superiors (like when snoopy was imitating lucy in charlie brown crhistmas??)
• unkard: a person in a strange place
• CRAPULENCE: drunkennes or sickness by intemperance (i think this is the word)
• tripudiation: dancing (why can’t you just say dancing?)

fall is upon us! woohoo!
my goals for this fall:
1. go to whitewater with my camera. maybe it’ll be the new SJU? (unlikely…)
2. get up really early and take a sunrise picture on CR 11 north of fountain. i found a perfect spot
3. take a bike ride on the root river trail
4. roll around in some leaves
hmmm…i guess that’s it for now… that’s weird. 
 

fall is pretty much here. it was 50º today – almost glove weather for me. here’s a list of things i want to accomplish this fall.
1. root river trail biking. i think it’s set for the third weekend in october.
2. fix my mailbox. it’s wobbly and needs cement in its base.
3. take fall pics. i used to go to st john’s and take pics. i have to find a new place! whitewater??
4. plant garlic. no brainer.
5. plant tulip and peony bulbs. gotta remember to do that!
6. clean out my dumb garage. it’s just a mess in there.
7. write something meaningful in my blog. not a list.
8. get a sub-11-minute mile done??? this is really iffy.
9. drink more pumpkin drinks. mmm.
10. make more apple desserts. can’t go wrong there. 
11. (bonus) go antiquing with liz!

devils-syrup free marshmallows? check
special k bars made? check
sunscreen and swimsuit and towel packed? check
relaxation station ready to go? check
beer purchased? check
3 books packed, just in case? check
homemade pickles and bloody mary mix? check
running shoes? check
travel scrabble? check
cards against humanity? check
steaks and bacon in fridge? check
one S? check
other S? 🙁 

no family reunion this year! no leech lake! no boat rides! no beer and bonfires! grrrrrrr!!!!! dangit, i should be making a long list of things not to forget to pack this weekend! 
what i will miss:
1. the lake
2. the lake smell
3. going fast in a boat
4. fires every night
5. s’mores
6. beer 
7. drunken sandwiches
8. bad jokes
9. swimminglis
10. hanging with my family!!! :(((