In the Pink
Rabbit Rabbit!
Hoof-Life
Grocery Day.
Mom didn't have to go to work, not enough rooms. (Minimum 35 rooms for her to go in to do laundry.)
Some peeks of sun today, but more clouds.
Cut up the fallen branches. Still plenty more to cut up. I'll need to mix up some gas and oil for the chain-saw next time.
It's cat mating season again. Tomcats are arriving from down the gravel. *sighs* More areas are smelling like cat urine.
Time for bed. *hugs*
Our plans are in abeyance until the weather clears up.
Word of the Day for Thursday March 1, 2012
abeyance • \uh-BAY-unss\ • noun
1 : a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested
2 : temporary inactivity : suspension
Did you know?
"Abeyance" has something in common with "yawn." Today, "yawn" implies sleep or boredom, but years ago it could also signify longing or desire ("Full many men know I that yawn and gape after some fat and rich benefice"-Thomas Hoccleve, 1420). The Old French word for "yawn" was "baer," which joined the prefix "a-" ("in a state or condition of") to form "abaer," a verb meaning "to expect" or "await." There followed Anglo-French "abeyance," which referred to a state of expectation-specifically, a person's expectation of inheriting a title or property. But when we adopted "abeyance" into English in the 16th century, we applied the expectation to the property itself: a property or title "in abeyance" is in temporary limbo, waiting to be claimed by a rightful heir or owner.
Hoof-Life
Grocery Day.
Mom didn't have to go to work, not enough rooms. (Minimum 35 rooms for her to go in to do laundry.)
Some peeks of sun today, but more clouds.
Cut up the fallen branches. Still plenty more to cut up. I'll need to mix up some gas and oil for the chain-saw next time.
It's cat mating season again. Tomcats are arriving from down the gravel. *sighs* More areas are smelling like cat urine.
Time for bed. *hugs*
Our plans are in abeyance until the weather clears up.
Word of the Day for Thursday March 1, 2012
abeyance • \uh-BAY-unss\ • noun
1 : a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested
2 : temporary inactivity : suspension
Did you know?
"Abeyance" has something in common with "yawn." Today, "yawn" implies sleep or boredom, but years ago it could also signify longing or desire ("Full many men know I that yawn and gape after some fat and rich benefice"-Thomas Hoccleve, 1420). The Old French word for "yawn" was "baer," which joined the prefix "a-" ("in a state or condition of") to form "abaer," a verb meaning "to expect" or "await." There followed Anglo-French "abeyance," which referred to a state of expectation-specifically, a person's expectation of inheriting a title or property. But when we adopted "abeyance" into English in the 16th century, we applied the expectation to the property itself: a property or title "in abeyance" is in temporary limbo, waiting to be claimed by a rightful heir or owner.