Anecdotes, Antidotes, and Anodes

Blowing Bubbles

Just for fun . .. whimsical . . . light-hearted . . .

That's all.

Pet Peeve

Pet Peeve Definition: (noun)-a particular and often continual annoyance; personal bugbear.

Used in a Sentence:  The location of this bar-thing-a-ma-jig is a pet peeve of mine.

Even though the placement of this bar-wach-you-ma-call-it might be difficult to determine, I can tell you exactly where the top of it is: 

Exactly where my left elbow is when I'm shampooing my hair. 

Or shall I say, exactly where my left elbow used to be because I successfully knocked it off my arm. 

Well.

Almost.

TheHansMan and I travel enough for me to have 'established' this pet peeve because most of those bar-thingys are positioned in the same place:  Knock the @rap out of your funny bone place.

 

Naked on the Floor

Now that I might possibly have your attention, or not, here's the story.

Have you ever had one of those days that everything you touched either broke, fell on the floor, was misplaced, didn't work, just disappeared into thin air, and on and on ?

And usually you're in a hurry and the hurrieder you go the behinder you get.

This happens to me about eight days out of every week.

And it usually starts in the morning and progressively gets worse as the day wears on.

So was the case on this particular day.

My experience is that having something for breakfast helps.  Many times my breakfast consists of dry scrambled eggs and Canadian bacon . . . or oatmeal . . . or a smoothie . . .

This morning it seemed everything was taking twice as long as it should, so the fastest thing for breakfast was this:

Are you with me ?

Does the title make more sense now ?

Maybe this will help:

I could not have turned that bottle upside down and gotten more of that concoction out of it if I had tried.

E.V.E.R.Y.S.I.N.G.L.E.D.R.O.P. of that liquid came out of that bottle.

I could not have slung it to the farthest reaches of my bathroom if I had tried.

Believe me, there's more. 

I just don't have a wide-angle lens to show you.

And that's how my day started.

 

Ever Had Days Like This ?

This photo was taken from a bus weaving and winding through the streets of Athens, Greece.

It very succinctly depicts how I'm feeling today. 

These wires which appear to be going ever-which-way-but-the right-way represent my brain synapses.

Just in case you need a refresher course in Brain 103, chemical synapses allow neurons to form circuits within the central nervous system. They are crucial to the biological computations that underlie perception and thought.
They allow the nervous system to connect to and control other systems of the body.

The words in red are not computing today !

Ever had days like this ?

No More Swampwitch !

The new look and changes here have to do with the next 365 days.

Leaving the 50's and entering the 60's (next year).

No bucket list. 

Spending every minute living in the present BUT at the same time, reflecting on a lot of memories.  Hence, the new masthead.. . . photos of my parents and the first house I ever lived in.

I'm still here, but just as Kathy.    Address stays the same.  The nonsense will continue., maybe in fewer doses.

The kids, grandkids, friends,  et al.  will still show up here.  So will the dogs. 

Hope you'll continue to stop by for visits . . .

Reflections on Canyon Road

 

Totally Not Interested in Bloggin'

Totally not interested in doing much of anything.

Any ideas ? 

Topics to discuss ? 

Photos to post ? 

Feel free to write your own post in the comments section. 

For now, I'm going to go watch my cucumbers sprout.

Continuing to Be Random

As boredom sets in and my inability to concentrate on anything continues, my twisted sense of humor takes over.

May I first suggest that if you did not read the comments from yesterday's post, that you do so NOW.

Right now.

Scroll down and find that little word "comments" after the post and click on it.  Several readers out did themselves with their comments.

While perusing through some photographs from last year's JUCO World Series, these caught my eye for some reason or 'nother.

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Nikki.  That last one's for you gal-friend !

Now.

Once again, you are more than welcome to caption these.

Find a theme that connects all of them or a couple of them or none of them . . .

Whatever.

I love it when those of you who stalk read here, and then finally give it up and leave a comment.

For now, I shall continue to be totally distracted and hope that a few of you will continue to visit.

Random and Lazy and Sick

This is the FIFTH day of having whatever it is I have.  So, you may want to hold your breath in order not to catch it.

In perusing through one of the folders of my pictures, I decided to just post some random shots.

Here they are.

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It goes without saying, I don't feel like posting anything.

So, please feel free to write your own post in the "comment section."

If you see a 'theme' that connects all these pictures . ..

If you want to caption each one of them . . .

If you want to just continue and stalk and not leave a comment . . .

While you do that, I'll just go back to sleep.

 

 

 

Long Time...No Post !

Whew !  What a whirlwind of a trip.  A roller-coaster of ups and downs.  A month of memories.  A lot of fun balanced with a little bit of work.

And wishing I had time to post the rest of the trip after leaving Puerto Vallarta and then heading to Georgia with three of the grandkids, then on to Dallas where my very dear aunt is recovering nicely from a stem-cell transplant.  (her own)

Back to the real life of dust, dog hair, slobber on the windows, unpacking, laundry, teeth cleaning appointment...oh, wait.

It's sunny and 55 degrees outside.  The air is crisp, clean, and clear.

See you later.  Will be back in the house around 2:00 to watch the baseball game.

Go Texas Rangers !

Tuffy Node Translation: Stuffy Nose

True to form, right on time, as expected, not to disappoint...my winter stuffy nose arrived today. For the past, I don't know how many years, this event rolled around just like clockwork.

It became apparent about 2:00 that my head had not forgotten to fill with something. Well, not my head actually, but my nose. Well, not my nose actually, but one nostril.  My left nostril.

Causing me to tawk like dis. Somehow the air I breathe in through my right nostril has no where to go so that my words get lodged somewhere making me sound like I need speech speeth lessons lethuns.

Which leads me to this question:  Why is it that when my left nostril finally cleared about 9:00, at the very same second, my right nostril clogged?

Can anyone tell me why this happens?

And while you're at it, any suggestions what to do for a clogged up right nostril...no, left nostril...no, right nostril...

...a tuffy node ?