That’s a deceptive title. Sounds so intellectual. So smart. It’s more about “the lazy” or an overactive (and not necessarily in a good way) mind.
Maybe it’s the cold weather. Maybe it’s cabin fever but I find myself doing more things in my head these days.
I can picture events but not exactly the way they play out. Especially if it takes work or effort to do.
Dinner out at a fancy restaurant or takeout from a favorite standby. Hard decisions. I can see me getting gussied up for dinner (sort of). Then I realize it’s too cold for anything but fleece and boots and oversized sweaters. Takes some of the fun out (but adds some relief as everyone looks like the Michelin tire guy).
I can picture me entertaining gobs of people with beautiful dishes made from scratch but I’m more likely to serve burgers and chips. (Designer chips like barbeque or onion and sour cream! Nothing but the best for my guests!)
Sometimes I buy the ingredients to make these luscious things but it doesn’t pan out. (Cue in rotting avocados on the counter.)
That’s not all. I picture myself on glorious vacations. Faraway places with sunny beaches (and no politics!).
I’m waiting for Scotty to get the “beamer” working because I don’t like airplanes. I want to be instantly transported. I want to come back periodically to check on the cats.
I expect every haircut to make me look glamorous. I use words like “piecy” and “chunky” and “razor cut” or “stacked.” It doesn’t matter. I still look the same. (Chunky was not a good one. I will avoid that word in the future.)
Colorful shoes! They jump out at me and say “buy me, buy me.” When I get them home, they don’t go with anything. It’s either back to the store or I need a new outfit or two. (There was a time when I’d get the new outfit. Now it’s easier to take the shoes back.)
This lifestyle is better if you get rid of mirrors and download beach scenes you can call your own. It helps if you know a good caterer or bakery too.
At the end of the day I come home. I put my comfy bedclothes on (which sadly are never as cute as the catalogs) and curl up with the beloved husband and a few cats (who are far more beautiful than the catalogs).
That seems real but during the day….move over Walter Mitty!
I definitely relate to what you’re describing, Kate. It’s a very familiar condition. I am much more “creative” in my planning and thinking early in the day, but then as evening gets closer and I’m tired I don’t act on my previous “plans.” I think up a big idea and then talk myself out of it. Maybe having a party in our heads is enjoyment enough for us! 🙂 I liked your comments about coming home to the cats…I say the same thing so often about Zena. I’ve often come home early from a night about because I was worried about the dog. LOL! I’ll just admit to being a little strange! 🙂
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I don’t think it’s strange! In the morning I will plan a fabulous (but a lot of work) supper. As the day goes on, things get dropped from the menu. Now I just accept that will happen and I don’t feel bad about it.
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Sometimes just imagining things works out better than doing those things would. Home with the DH and cats, with occasional visits from people who don’t expect fanciness is probably much better anyway!
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The events in my head are amazing! And no work!
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Send out a general invitation! I’d love to come to a party in your head!
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That would be so fun!
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Are those avocadoes salvageable at all? if so mush them up and stick some seasoning in them and just dig chips into them. It doesn’t have to be real guacamole to taste good :). So glad it’s not cold here, but even so sometimes I get very chilled. I think my blood has gotten VERY thin living in AZ.
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My blood is very thin living in the northeast. I have a lot of clothes on.
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For a change of scenery, I was going to write in a coffee shop this morning. But it’s cold out (I know 40 degrees isn’t THAT cold), so I stayed home where it’s warm.
But, hey, that’s okay. I DID get out last week. (It helps when you make promises and reservations and pay up front.) I flew across the country and over to the Bahamas where, even though I was lazier that I would have been some years ago, I did swim in the ocean and walk around in nothing but a bathing suit and dressed up a little for dinner every night. I wore the same flat, heel-less sandals every day, but they were pretty cute.
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Bathing suit weather. Sounds great to me!
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Warm comfy clothes, a beloved husband to curl up beside, and four gorgeous cats snuggled up in the mix. Seriously, what could be better?!
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Not a damn thing!
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Must admit to feeling like this. Think it must be the dark days and awful weather. Usually start the new year motivated but struggling this year. Probably better to buy the new outfits to go with the shoes! Expect things will get better and this post cheered me up. Thanks Ax
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It cheered you up! That’s great! I thought it was a real downer but sometimes admitting something does make you feel better.
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Today my house is in shambles as some new windows are installed (the old ones were hurting people).
I dream of how they are going to look and smoothly operate. Then I remember I have to repaint trim and reinstall curtains and it’s a process…
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Oh yeah. Home renovations. I always picture the ending without all the work. You gave me a visual of your windows slapping people on the butt as they walked by! 🙂
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More like crashing down on their fingers and falling out of their frames!
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My mother’s windows were like that. We always used a wood stick to prop them up for fear it could decapitate some unsuspecting cat. Then she replaced them. (the windows, not the cats)
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Yeah. I had signs on two windows warning people not to open them in two languages. Of course someone did and got a bloody hand. 😦
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That’s like a wet paint sign.
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Another good one, Kate. Parties in my head are much safer for this introverted person. I can invite only who I’d really like to talk to instead of the riff raff that sometimes attend and I can leave when I want instead of having to wait until my husband is ready to go. He is NOT an introvert 🙂
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I dated someone a long time ago. When we were with his friends, I couldn’t get him to go and when we were with my family/friends he was ready to leave in a half hour. We started taking separate cars. Then decided to have separate lives. Worked much better. Now I’m the one who wants to stay and my husband is ready to go.
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My husband, too, was an extrovert. I usually had fun once I got there, but I wasn’t good at making dates.
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Getting there is always the hard part!
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Lol I thought I was the only person who lives a glamorous lifestyle in my head and a homey one in real life:)
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In my head I entertain on a veranda instead of a porch in a flowing caftan instead of capris and a tee-shirt. I like my head version!
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I make gorgeous food and decorate, instead I just start another book! My place is too small and I would have to deep clean:(
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I entertain in my head way more than I do in person. WAY more. Sometimes the visions are exhausting. You know you have to come up with the colors for the caftan and the flowers for your make believe centerpiece.
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Exactly and you have to figure out who you would invite and for when and what to serve and what to wear, I’m tired just thinking about it. It’s way better in my head where I decide and it’s magically done:)
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I’m this way with books lately. I’ve started about four them, which is very unusual for me because I’m quite linear about most things. But I can’t seem to get into any of them, so they’re all just sitting around on my desk taunting me. Very much like the rotting avocado. – Marty
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If I can’t get into a book in the first 50 pages it’s doomed. Sometimes (and I’ll deny this if you tell anyone) if I’m not sure, I’ll flip through the end. If that doesn’t suit me it’s curtains!
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Ah, finally a post that gets me! I do these same things. When I first starting blogging and read other blogs about peoples’ world travels, I felt I should want more from life than curling up on the sofa with the hubs and dog. Then I realized, am I happy? Yep. That’s all that matters. But, the party in my head lives on . . . 😉
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I was like that too. Now I get my travel excitement through other blogs and enjoy my home life (although I’d like my home life to be a little warmer with a lot less snow!).
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Yep, completely agree!
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🙂 Party on!
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What your title conjured up for me ~> cabin fever induced schizophrenia with multiple personalities partying and competing for attention. 😀 😦 😉
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Pretty close to the truth! With computer!
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I really relate to your hilarious post Kate. The road is paved with good I intentions. I think that is a quote but not from me.
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I have the makings for some Christmas treats that are in my fridge. I feel like it’s past the fact now so….(at least that’s my current excuse!)
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I hope you’re picturing the Eagles going to the Super Bowl, Kate.🦅
Are you getting snow today?
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Yes. Our over to 1″ turned into 1 to 3″ and it’s still snowing. Sigh. Had to cancel two appointments. Superbowl? I’m hoping they make it past the first playoff game! 🙂
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Lol! Derek isn’t very hopeful. Be safe!
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Feeling that here too but you have to be hopeful (and serve a lot of beer on game day).
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Nice and sunny here, beach just round the corner. Bit too cold for my liking though, I actually have my jumper on indoors, but Maggie’s taking priority today. As for clothes and shoes, gave them up long ago when on the boat for joggers and trainers. Miss the boat, but have no plans to replace my wardrobe!
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I gave away the last of my evening clothes about a year ago. Since I hadn’t worn in a decade I figured it was unlikely anyone would invite me to a prom. If they do, I’ll buy something new! Comfort is the name of the game these days although I like pretty too. You can get both.
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I have my posh (one and only) frock from the wedding last year and a few skirts. However, trainers don’t go with any of them so shoes may be a problem!!
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I saved a few pair of dress shoes. I bought a new pair of patent leather ones on sale in the spring. I tried to wear them during the summer and nearly killed my feet. They were comfortable at the store so I’m not sure what happened.
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I got caught out like that, and when i came to ear them some months later, it turned out they’d put the wrong size in the box! I ended up giving them to charity. My own fault, I should’ve checked. Now I don’t want the box!!
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They were the same shoes so I’m not sure what happened. I wore them for a half hour and my little toe almost needed to be amputated! (and I have narrow feet!)
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Re your Post subject line, and “That’s a deceptive title. Sounds so intellectual. So smart.”
All it did for me was sound like you had already been partying. By now, memories are probably a confused medley of “What exactly did I drink?” “Who was that odd lady anyway?” “Was I the hostess… or a guest?” “Did I actually go out dressed like this or………?” “Why is there a “Thank you Kate” note on my pillow?” “Who am I really?” “Scottie… hurry up and fix that confounded beamer thing!” 🙂
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Now that sounds like a great party! I love it when I have to ask if I had a good time.
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🙂
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Too cold to do much besides daydream right now. If it weren’t for getting the dogs out and visiting clients I’d be hibernating full time.
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Maybe it’s the season for it. Just rescheduled an annual vet appointment. I’ve had enough winter.
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I’ve had enough too, but I don’t think winter agrees.
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I nodded a lot while reading… yes it’s easier now to give the shoes back … or the dead-moose-jacket what firts to nothing…. please keep me informed it travel via beamer is possible… I fear&hate airplanes …
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A dead moose jacket? 🙂 There are new kitchen tools I drool over on the internet. Today is snowy. Very dangerous. Killers took all the fun out of airplane travel. Oh wait. There never was any fun in traveling!
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