No fate but the fate you make for yourself.
OK, he’s a dog, he pretty much loves everyone. But her REALLY loves me right now.
In the course of making some nachos for dinner, not only did some refried beans hit the floor, but some taco filling and cheese to boot.
He’s a happy little critter right now.
I am not a skier, in any way, shape or form. I seem to have some fear of careening into a tree at 70MPH. But I really enjoy watching skiing and other various and sundry snow sports in the winter.
The commentators just said something about one competitor “making a big error” – I watched and all I think is, “Hey, you don’t faceplant, you’re doing pretty good.” (One guy did faceplant off a jump today – that one I was able to immediately identify as a problem even before the commentators.)
I am pleased to announce that I have successfully replaced the shower head in my bathroom and all the water is shooting out of the proper places.
Yes, I know this is a job that a blind monkey can do, however my track record with home improvement and repair projects isn’t exactly stellar, so this is quite an accomplishment.
And the first thing to go was the stupid flow regulator. I do appreciate the fact that in the instructions they say, “By law we have to put it this in here, but here’s how you take it out!” This house has great water pressure and I will take advantage of it!
So, when we were out in Phoenix, we helped my Grandmother go through a bunch of old files and such. I got some old costume jewelery and a Singer sewing machine foot. Since she doesn’t even have a sewing machine anymore, she was going to just toss it.
Oh. No. Way. Singer parts for the older/GOOD machines are hard to find. I just said, “Oh, I’m sure I can find someone that can use it.” (I don’t have a Singer machine or I would have kept it myself.)
Ebay here I come. I listed it at 1PM and it was sold by 7PM.
Note to self: Get off arse and get other Ebay-able items listed.
My cold has come back with a vengeance and I decided today that it’s time to suck it up and make some proper soup of some sort, so off to the market I went.
I’ve often felt that if you’re feeling poorly, taking a few minutes to spruce up will make you feel better. However today my mood was, “OK, so I’m gonna look like a scary 70s housefrau, the world can deal with it.”
If nothing else, I think my look probably cemented the idea that the market is NOT a good place to pick up chicks with the local male community. Come on, if this isn’t a come hither look, I don’t know what is: Sweatpants, MCM shirt, Tevas and hair doing god knows what, cause I just pulled it back into a clip without looking in a mirror and off I went.
I also discovered that in the same vein of “don’t go to the market when you’re hungry”, that I shouldn’t go to the market when I have a cold. For whatever reason, EVERYTHING looked good. I guess it has something to do with the fact that when I do have a cold, I will eat pretty much anything within reach. (There was an incident at Red Lobster many years ago on my brother’s birthday. I had quite the head cold, and I lost count of how many cheese biscuits I devoured, and how many times I asked family members, “Are you going to finish that? Can I have a bite?”)
And I must say, the Starbucks next to the local market is VERY convenient. And if Starbucks can’t fix me, nothing can.
Bill being introduced in the Virginia legislature to ban testicles on trailer hitches.
Kinda gross? Sure. Worthy of legislative action? I’m not so sure.
There is certainly a lot of crap out on the internet. And some idiotic people. Oh, but the idiots can be SO amusing. Especially the paranoid ones.
Let’s say you post on a forum and you have made mention of your profession both in your posts, and in your profile, and then later realize that might not have been the best idea you ever had. Do you:
a) Remove the information from your profile and hope that no one goes post digging to find mention of what you do?
b) Create a new profile?
c) Create a new profile and then tell everyone, “Hi, it’s me.”?
d) Create a new profile and then tell everyone, “Hi, it’s me, and going forward, can you not mention that I am a member of Profession X?”?
e) Create a new profile and then tell everyone, “Hi, it’s me, and going forward, can you not mention that I am a member of Profession X?” and then go on in future posts to mention yes, you are in Profession X and how it would be bad if your clients found out who you were?
