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Where humour is often found in the mundane, where the trivial becomes of utmost importance, where, well...where I Live! Since becoming a Members of the groups below, I will use the daily prompt, as well as, well...sharing the sporadically mundane everyday, that I find carries just a Smidge of humor. ;)  
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| BC ~ What does success mean to you besides money or status? Success is when... Managing to roll out of bed after only hitting snooze half a dozen times, and land on your feet (albeit a bit wobbly), and stumble to the coffee pot. Clicking your blinker for the direction you actually Intend to turn, narrowly averting Disaster! Noticing, just Before a meeting with my supervisors, the Rather large Green Something stuck between my teeth. Remembering to pay my phone bill...Before it is shut off. Packing my lunch, AND actually putting it In my vehicle. Recalling the reason I walked into any given room (but only after retracing my steps) Knowing my Own name by the end of the day. and Finally... Making it to the toilet when your bowels Suddenly...without warning...turn to liquid (TMI). Don't pretend it hasn't happened to you a time or two. Or, er...is it just me?!  |
| Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope." Jane Austen. I Do know my own happiness. Well, most of the time. My happiness does not revolve around any specific person, as we are all fallible and will let each other down. My happiness...my Joy, and my Hope all come from Christ. No one or nothing can take these from me. Does this mean that every moment of everyday, I will feel these to Bursting? That I will not have moments of disappointment, anger, frustration, impatience? Certainly not. However, with Christ as my compass, I am able to steer back into calmer waters. As the Optimist in my family (only myself and my husband at home), I OFTEN lose my patience with him, as he is Ever the...Pessimist! He is short-tempered, or hot-headed, as he likes to say; prone to impatience, and easily frustrated. When he Spirals (as I like to call it), I have to remind him to find joy the the small blessings, to be patient, and to seek peace. He, in turn, reminds me that I am not always patient, hold grudges (I Dispute This), and get angry (at him) too easily. Sigh... Perhaps we can learn to build upon each other's strengths, and not let ourselves become annoyed...irrational...over the little, irritating things about each other. There is...Hope, after all.  |
| No, I am not referring to some off-the-wall Christmas yard art. Although, that might be entertaining.Instead, what we have is the following ~ We have a serious dog problem in the Extremely rural neighborhoodish in which we live. By problem, I mean that, between the two neighbors across from us, they have 10 mutts...give or take. Now, I do not endeavor to bat an eye at how many dogs, parrots, giraffs, whatever, that you choose to entertain! My concern lies solely with the disrespect of having so many dogs (aggressive, to boot), that run freely all over the street, and dig craters in our yard. Where am I going with all of this? Lost my train of thought for a moment there. Found it again. My husband likes to close our gate when he leaves for work. It is not the fancy kind where you can simply push a button from inside your vehicle, and watch it swing open. Oh, no! This is like a cattle gate (just about), that we close with a chain. Not sure what that Last part has to do with Anything, so let's simply segue on back to the facts, if we may. Ah, here we are. My husband ordered some type of weight set. It was not due to arrive until the 12th, but, well, there it SITS...in the yard, right smack Visible to all who drive by! Why is it still sitting there, you ask? It just so happens that there are Several boxes, far too heavy for me to so much as move a foot, much less, the staggering distance it would seem were I to attempt to get them to the porch. My husband, being on swing shift this week, is not here to help with the matter. I did call him, letting him know that I wish he would stop closing the gate...for this very purpose. He told me to just leave them there, and he will bring them up when he arrives at 11 P.M. I asked him, "And just what would we have done if they would have deposited all of this OUTSIDE the gate, as they sometimes do?" No answer forthcoming. So, alas...I sit here, hoping, against all odds, that we do not have any porch Yard pirates between now and then. You know, the Dedicated kind that just might bring a dolly, or a...Forklift or some such! |
| I have car rider duty at my school, both before and after. In the afternoon, numbers pop up next to student names on the app that we use. The cars are also supposed to have a card with the coreresponding number that goes with their child, visible in the windshield. Often, as is the case before we can see the numbers, we will ask the first kiddo in line if they can see their car moving up. Some will simply point down the line, and give you nothing more. These are the Mutes. You get Nothing else. Then there are the Einsteins, who are all of five years old but know the make and model of their vehicle. Even if they have a choice of four Different ones that may be picking them up. Alas....None of them, and I stress NONE of them, can tell you what color their veheicle is. Well...Almost none. Me ~ "Honey, do you see your car yet?" 8 Year old ~ "Uh-Huh. It's right there!" I try in vain to follow the trajectory of his pointing finger. Me ~ "What color is it?" 8 year old ~ "It's the GMC." Me ~ "Uh-Huh, and...What COLOR is it?" I ask, as, first of all, I cannot see anything that says GMC, and do not happen to be able to recognize all or even any GMC's from a distance. Sigh. 8 year old ~ "It's behind that truck." There are several trucks, so I ask, "What color is the truck?" 8 year old ~ "It's the Ford." SIGH... Finally, his GMC rolls up, and it is, wait for it...Red! A color that you would think most kiddos would be able to readily identify. Sheesh! Next little girl in line, same scenario. Shockingly, I have had only one child 8 years old or below that knew the color of their vehicle. The following is how That went down. Me ~ "Do you see your car?" 6 year old ~ Points, and says, "It's right there! Here we go again, I think. Me ~ "What color is it?" 6 year old ~ "It's white." Halleluja!! Except, there are Five white vehicles all in a row. I decide to switch tactics, as all of the kiddos seem to know what Kind of vehicle they drive. Me ~ "What kind of car is it? Is it a car, a truck, an SUV?" 6 year old ~ "It's the white one!" YIKES! Three white vehicles pass, none of which stop at our cone. There are two more rolling toward us. One is a Jeep. As I drive a Jeep, I definitely knew what That one was. Me ~ "Is it the Jeep?" 6 year old ~ "No. It's the WHITE one!" Guess what rolls to a stop for said kiddo?! You guessed it...the Jeep! |
| Hold tight to that Poker Face... When you are in an ARD meeting and the parent arrives with a 12 inch binder, and says, "Let me start at the bginning...word for word!" When your administrator says, "Make it work," when there Clearly is No possible way to...Make it Work, and you are given five minutes to, well...make it work! When your co-worker calls in sick, texts you to please cover an ARD meeting for her, you open up the draft, only to realize that she has not finished writing it, or better yet...it is so Sloppy that you must delete it and rewrite before presenting it before administartors, parents, and sundry other professionals.  When you come home from work after having a thunderstorm while away, only to discover that your rather Large pooch became rather Frightened and left large...Squishy...aromatic presents...All over the house! When you visit your grandchildren at their home, and politely suggest that they clean up a bit to help their mom (with a new baby) out, and your 12 year old granddaughter snootily says, "This is Not Your House, Grandma"! When your 9 year old grandson is observed sticking his hand down his pants to scratch, is called out in front of everyone (to Stop doing that), and he says, "I wasn't even That Deep!" When your 7 year old granddaughter is watching the animated Tarzan movie, and it shows clips of him as he grows from a baby into an adult, and without missing a beat, say, "Now THAT's a Man!" When your 1st grade student becomes so angry with you that he says, "I am Never coming back here Again!" And you are thinking..."Promise?!" When you are having a cord of firewood delivered, it is showing up after dark, and the guy texts, "For 30 extra dollars, I will stack it, otherwise...I am just tossing it off the trailer!" And, as I am typing this, I am still anticipating its arrival and immenent acrobatic tumbling helter/skelter. My husband is outside awaiting them. I hope he is wearing a hardhat...Yikes!  |
| Yes...it's here! The frigid temperature of 46 degress farenheit. I know...I know! Those of you who experience Real winters Scoff at a temperature like this. You, no doubt claim such a temperature a balmy summer day. Well...not I. I am about to break out my Snowshoes! Well, er, if I actually owned some, I would. Thankfully, we made the very smart decision, if I may say so, to go to the tree farm to cut down our Quirky (because they Always are) Christmas tree yesterday. The weather was in the high 60's, which was Much more enjoyable. The weather today is not at all. I sit her typing this in front of our partially decorated tree, due to having disposed of most of our very Cheap and even more Tacky plastic bulb/ornaments. Hence, our tree has a Bare Backside! Thanksgiving was a small affair as usual,(very nice weather, around 70 degrees)just kids and grandkids. The only Eventful thing that happened was my husband Completely Charring the ham, as he decided to leave it out to fry, while he came in to eat. He thought that was the way to do it. Needless to say, we did Not have ham for Thanksgiving. The day after (again, much better weather than today), we went with our son and one of his friends to the Renaissance vestival. Much fun, much food...much walking. Too much money spent, but that is what happens, I suppose. Today we only made a trip into town for groceries, then quickly back into my nice, warm cave! |
| Nothing like being told by your Dr. to stay off of your feet for at least 24 hrs...minus restroom Emergencies, of course. Pros ~ 1. Plenty of time to Relax. 2. Finished a book I was reading ~ Before They Were Hanged ~ Joe Abercrombie. 3. Started the next in the series ~ Best Served Cold. 4. My knee is feeling quite a bit better today, but not yet quite ready to run a Marathon! Cons ~ 1. Nothing...Nada has managed to get done around the house, and with Thanksgiving being hosted tomorrow, well, I was hoping for Something, at least. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The good thing is that it promises, as usual, to be a small gathering. Just Son (single...no kids), and daughter (3 Beautiful grandbabies in tow). My daughter doesn't much like to participate in the makings of the feast, but my son, on the other hand...Truly Enjoys cooking (And Eating), so lots of assistance from him. My 12 year old granddaughter will be making banana bread...Delicious. She has come such a long way in her baking skills. Two years ago, she tried baking sugar/cinnamon cookies, from Scratch. Everything would have turned out Spectacular, if she had not Confused Cayenne pepper...no Joke...with Cinnamon. This happened at her house, and I was kind of sad not to have had the opportunity to try them. Who knows...she may have been onto Something! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I sit here (doing Nothing other than typing this), awaiting my husband and son to return from a Fruitless deerless hunting trip. Unfortunately, the weather is so warm. All of the feeders at the lease continue to pump out corn, that is left Entirely uneaten. My husband googled as he does, after the fact, that deer will not eat the corn if acorns are still falling from the oak trees. Unfortunately, all of the stands are on pine trees. Sigh. This will be my son's 3rd/4th year to come from Louisiana to go hunting, but has yet to get a deer. We keep hoping. |
| At 8:30 this morning, I had a triple injection in my knee for lost cartilage. Not Fun, but at least very quick. After the procedure...knee feeling Very sore, and am supposed to stay off of it today. I have been trying my Best, but... I rolled into Walgreens drivethru right after I left the Dr., thinking maybe, just Maybe, 2 antibiotic prescriptions that the Dr. called in for something else, would be ready. I pulled in behind Several  's, so thought my odds were pretty good. It was 30 mins before I pulled up to the window, but, Nada! They had not started the process yet.That was unfortunate, as it meant Another trip to town, and specifically, another wait at Walgreens, once they contacted me with the Great news that my prescriptions were ready. While talking with the pharmacist on the phone, I verified that they would be open another 40 mins before they closed for a meal break (30 mins). My drive to town takes 10 mins. Another 2 to reach Walgreens. I pull in for the 2nd time today, and...WOW...the line is even longer than before. The first thing I think is...'I am going to roll up to the window just as they are closing.' The line Inches forward, until there is One truck in front of me, pulling away at 1:29. They close at 1:30. "Hurry...Hurry...Hurry!!" Wait for it...you Know what I am about to share. I pull up as quickly as I can, and...SLAM...down goes the rolling window! How in the World does one manage to Jinx oneself to the exact moment?! If Anyone can make it happen, it will be I. So...I sit there for Another 30 mins, 32, to be Exact, until they are Back in business. Good news...I made it back home, managed to limp several feet to close my gate, then opened the front door to let my dog out. She had been waiting All day to go out. She made it to the porch, saw me limping around, cocked her head, and came right back inside to be with me. She can always tell when something is not quite as it should be with me, and she stays by my side.  |
| What you are likely to encounter in these pages ~ Lighthearted nonsense on everyday chaos, because apparently, as my husband likes to point out, "I am Chaos!" It follows me around, just as He does, always attempting to bring order back where it belongs. He should find Another hobby, I say! Stories that probably shouldn’t be public (for a multitude of reasons...some that neither you Nor I may ever discover) but, alas, here we are. Sarcasm, because, well, that is me, as well. Playfully sarcastic that sounds slightly annoyed, but rarely is. Random epiphanies, most of which occur when I am counting sheep (and already into the 3 digits...sigh). And of course... humor, because if we don’t laugh at ourselves, someone else will. Probably often and loudly. And, when They do...I laugh all the louder...With them. ;) But truly ~ I Love words. Don't we all? The way they make the moment come alive! I like making people laugh, even if it’s just an accidental snort (those Hurt, by the way) you deny as you are deep into the very action. If you feel the desire to laugh, relate, escape, or mildly procrastinate from your responsibilities, I would love to visit. If nothing else, you’ll leave with the comforting realization that whatever chaos you have going on, at least you’re not writing a blog intro while overthinking the number of commas/ellipses. Because, that is Always fun, and, well...time-consuming. |
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