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Where the heck are my genie powers?

April 15, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 15 Comments

DANG IT’S COLD! For one day and one day only (thank goodness) spring has disappeared from the Ozark Mountains and winter has returned. Rude this time of year, don’t you agree?

This morning I am trying to summon the will to unbury myself from my cozy, warm bed. The coffee pot in my Dairy Hollow room is waaaaaaaaay over there. See it sitting on top of that little refrigerator?

i need genie powers

Between here and there spreads several feet of icy concrete. And my feet are bare. If only I had genie powers…

As a kid, if someone granted me one wish and I could have been anyoneโ€”real, imagined, dead, alive, rich, famousโ€”anyone, I would have chosen Jeannie, from the 1970s sitcomย I Dream of Jeannie. I loved everything about her. The way her blonde ponytail bounced when she blinked and performed magic, her dreamy outfit that showed off her curvy body, her super groovy bottle decorated inside like…well, like a genie’s bedroom should be decorated with poofy pillows and sheer fabric and low lighting.

And Major Nelson? ohh la la. He was cute before he became an evil oil baron.

I Wanna Be a Genie

Alas I am not Jeannie, and I must make my own magic. Right now I’m gonna make coffee.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Grace Grits and Gardening

Musical Pairing:

I Dream of Jeannie

โ€œMagic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.โ€
โ€•ย Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Filed Under: Humor, Memories Tagged With: Dairy Hollow, I Dream of Jeannie, Ozark Mountains

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Comments

  1. Barbara Tate says

    April 15, 2014 at 8:29 am

    Winter is back in Texas too. Hope you are getting lots of writing time in the Ozarks and time for mediation. Have fun.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 15, 2014 at 9:16 am

      I am! I’m working on my second book:)) Really into it.

      Reply
      • Colene says

        April 15, 2014 at 10:33 am

        Second book? Yay! When will we be able to see the first one?

        Reply
        • Talya Tate Boerner says

          April 15, 2014 at 11:02 am

          I was hoping for end of year. May take a bit longer. Writers must be patient. Ugh.

          Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    April 15, 2014 at 10:07 am

    What I wouldn’t give to have some powers of my own!! So much to do… so little time!

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  3. Pary Moppins says

    April 15, 2014 at 10:08 am

    I love that show! I have always dreamed of having that hair as well. Maybe in a few years for my fortieth birthday, I’ll have extensions put in…as for the curvy body…I may have to start working on that now to achieve those kinds of results. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Maybe you need some footy pjs so you will never have this dilemma again.

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  4. Patti says

    April 15, 2014 at 10:16 am

    That’s a loooong way to walk when it’s cold!

    Reply
  5. Colene says

    April 15, 2014 at 10:35 am

    Mother Nature certainly has been rude this year!

    Reply
  6. Gary Henderson says

    April 15, 2014 at 11:10 am

    I would contend that coffee IS magic. Or at least alchemy. Although I don’t like it myself, if you think about its origins and what all you have to do to it to make it drinkable, it’s amazing. So enjoy doing the most magical thing most of us can actually accomplish: a good cup of coffee. ๐Ÿ™‚

    (Also, that whole thing of putting words on a page and making people want to keep reading them. That’s pretty magical.)

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 15, 2014 at 9:40 pm

      I agree Gary, coffee is magical. And the fact that people read what I put on the page…I call it amazing.

      Reply
  7. [email protected] says

    April 15, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    Couldn’t you just jump a few times on the bed, gather momentum, and landing right in front of the fridge? sounds reasonable to me.

    In related news: You have a fridge in your bedroom??? (Love this idea).

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 15, 2014 at 9:37 pm

      Ooooh good idea. I may try that tomorrow morning:)

      Reply
  8. Gale says

    April 15, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    PS. Want to see the flowers?

    http://texifornia.blogspot.com/2014/04/garden-bloom-day-natural-beauty.html

    Reply
  9. Skye says

    April 15, 2014 at 7:11 pm

    Yeah what happened with this weather? Shorts and a t-shirt on Sunday, then turning on the heater Tuesday here in Texas!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 15, 2014 at 9:36 pm

      I don’t know. Crazy!

      Reply

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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