Dec 21, 2021
Although Mr. Peskie and Perry took good care of my hounds, they sure were happy when I returned home from Disney. THEY MISSED ME!! I’ve been home over a week now and they’re still following me around. Not gonna’ lie, it’s making me a bit crazy. When experts claim that a pet can lower your blood pressure and offer other healing attributes — they don’t know my Merida. At least Dharma is a sweetie. 🙂
Gearing up for the holiday, I’m looking forward to seeing my favorite brother and sister-in-law. It’s sort of mixed up with Coco at her Mom’s this year for the first week of Christmas vacation, but we always make it work. Another Walmart discounted shopping spree with Katie is in the books. Jerilyn accompanied us this year and brought rain with her. We saved around $500 off our total bill thanks to Perry and Walmart!
Other positives include one friend that recently got a new job, I’m caught up on my work, and Perry’s up for a promotion. (Cross your fingers for him, please.) And then, I bought a scratch off lottery ticket…
TIL (Today I Learned): Death by Boiling is a method of execution where a person is killed by being immersed in boiling liquid. While not as common as other methods of execution, boiling to death has been practiced in many parts of Europe and Asia. (Sheesh… not much worse than that.)
Nov 24, 2021
There’s a real challenge in Indiana in cold weather. No one really talks that much about it and some companies probably love to solve it.
STATIC ELECTRICITY!
I use Downey Unstoppables for the washer and sheets for the dryer like it’s my job. Still, my clothes stick together and my hair floats around tickling my face. I hate it. I remember very little about the transfer of electrons — but I DO remember static electricity occurs more when the air has low humidity. I wonder how many humidifiers I need to buy to cover the square footage of this house. And do they make portable ones for the car too?
I didn’t take a photo of myself with my hair sticking out all over the place, but I did take photos of the dogs looking at me. Their expressions made me laugh out loud.
I looked like a crazy person… hair sticking up all over the place while laughing manically. Hope the neighbors didn’t hear — or see– me.
TIL (Today I Learned): Air fresheners eliminate bad odors by discharging static electricity onto dust particles, thus dissembling the bad smell.
Nov 21, 2021
I asked Alexa for tomorrow’s forecast and she let me know the low is predicted to be 19 degrees. NINETEEN! Just the thought of the cold should make me even more excited to be in Florida in about a week and a half, but I’m just not feeling it. I worry about my dogs most of all.
I’m also concerned the client plans to introduce me at their corporate dinner the evening before their event begins. Hints have been dropped multiple times. Thing is… I plan to attend ZERO event sessions and even fewer dinners. While my brother loves the stage, I prefer to remain behind the scenes.
I got my tree decorated yesterday and I’m not feeling it either. I prefer white lights (not yellowish white.. the white that almost makes you blind). I asked Perry to get the decorations down from the attic and he did — but the only lights that made it inside were the ones for the outside shrubs. I noticed I was lightless once I had the house a wreck.
I had to make a decision. I could either pull out the car and climb up the attic ladder in the garage (home alone knowing Teddy already broke a hip on that ladder), or I could just go and buy new lights. I chose the latter and hit Home Depot to avoid Walmart.
Not a strand of white lights in the place. Another decision… hit Walmart or go with colored lights. Again, I chose the latter.
I’m not a fan. And now that I put it in that room, I don’t like it in there. Another decision. I can either have Perry (who is already in trouble for not getting the darned lights down in the first place) get back in the attic for the lights and start over, or I can live with it this year as is. Should I just go with the latter? ARG!
I think tomorrow is the day I start over on the tree.
TIL (Today I Learned): After Roman Emperor Nero’s wife died, he took a young boy named Sporus who looked like his dead wife and married him. He had him castrated and forced him to wear his late wife’s clothing when they were seen out public.
Nov 19, 2021
A few days ago, Facebook reminded me of something I posted 5-years prior. It was a “child test” — a series of questions where you record exactly what the child says. I snickered when I read 6 year-old Colette’s answers — and she laughed today too:
For the record, her birthday is still the same and she still loves Sky Zone. She agrees that sprinkles on the floor is still pretty sad. Everything else has changed. She said she figured I’m around 40 now. Sure hope I don’t age as quickly over the next 5-years.
Also for the record… when you have dark floors and dogs, rain is a big problem. Mopping is nothing but a waste of time.
The yard is drying up so I’m going to try to get things back in order tomorrow as I put up my Christmas tree. Yes, I said I’m putting up my Christmas tree. Don’t judge me. It’s almost Thanksgiving. I had Perry pull everything from the attic a couple days ago and intended to get a start today. When I talked to my favorite brother, he and Tammy were putting up their tree — but I was too busy with work to start mine. I wanted to say something about priorities to him but let it slide. 😉
TIL (Today I Learned): The largest octopus in the world can grow to 30 feet across and has an extra brain in each of its arms. (Crazy when so many humans walk around without one brain in their head.)
Nov 12, 2021
First, Dharma is now in the habit of getting me up EVERY SINGLE MORNING the very second the sun is about to rise. I know she didn’t have to pee this morning because she went out right before I went to bed THREE HOURS AND FOURTEEN MINUTES AGO! Yes, I’m grumpy.
To get the weekend started, here are 3 tips and 1 thing to think about:
ONE:
Using mayonnaise instead of butter for grilled cheese is a win. The bread browns perfectly and the cheese has time to melt.
TWO:
Potato bags are a thing. Just put washed potatoes in the potato bag and after 4-minutes in the microwave you’ll have a perfect side. I ordered mine from Amazon. (I’m slow on this one — even my Mom knew what they were before me.)
THREE:
Be careful when you order groceries online from Walmart. You might just put a 3-pack of Velveeta Shells & Cheese in your cart for delivery and find they want to ship it to you instead. Right at $25 bucks to ship my $3.00 item? Ummm… no. 🙄
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:
One of the speakers I’ve booked for a client provided her event assets. Her walk-on-stage song is “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins. (It’s the ‘Top Gun‘ song.) That sparked the thought of my favorite brother’s walk-on song, Mellencamp’s “Small Town.” This led to a discussion with Perry about what we would choose as our walk-on song if we needed one.
Perry’s first choice was ‘Determined’ by Mudvayne… but there are too many F-bombs. He settled on ‘Higher Ground‘ by Red Hot Chili Peppers. I figure mine would be “Get the Party Started” by Pink — except this morning after a little more than 3-hours sleep. This morning I would choose Welcome to My Life by Simple Plan.
So what song would you choose to play as you walk on stage to perform?
You don’t have to be a speaker or even have a stage with a mic to have one. What song would you choose to blast as you walk on to your today’s performance of life?
