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There is a wintry mix here, which means the rain might start freezing. That can cause problems at the grocery store because water freezes.
Speaking of problems at the grocery store.
OK, no lie. The temps tonight are supposed to be (drum roll) BELOW FREEZING. To top this off, we may have some (drum roll) SLEET OR SNOW FLURRIES. No accumulation, mind you. Just some blowing around and some blustery cold weather.
So - Now I did what anyone should do I guess when the temps fall - I went outside and put this styrofoam thingies over the outside water faucets. That was a bit unpleasant, in the cold wet wind, but I survived. But when I passed the grocery store on my way home this afternoon, it was packed. I guarant-damn-tee ya they are now out of milk, toilet paper, and bread. What the heck? It's supposed to be in the fifties again in 48 hours or less. You'd think we were preparing for a Zombie Apocalypse.
I don't know what happened to my vase. I only had two, and I know where the small one is, but no idea what happened to the larger one. I don't think I ever saw it in this house, so it's possible that I got rid of it 7 years ago, but I don't remember. I don't even need it; I just want to know what happened to it.
I threw a package of noodles out because I saw something that looked like a bug on the box. A WORM, to be more specific.
I refuse to eat worms anymore, man!
I wear "drugstore readers", which I get at Dollar Tree for....uh....a dollar. I go in and buy ten at a time. So on Monday, I had 10 plus the 576 other ones that are somewhere in the house....somewhere.
Today, I'm looking for a pair. None on the table. None on the desk. None in the bathroom where I like to do my reading as nobody bothers me in there as nobody has the nasal fortitude to be in there with me. I did find my passport in there, which I've been looking for for days. I don't need a passport to go to the bathroom; I must have thought it would be nice to pretend I was crossing a border.
Eureka! There are eight pairs in my purse. Eight. That was at 8 a.m. this morning. By noon, there are none in my purse. There are now six pairs in the bathroom. And six pairs on the table. Which adds up to twelve, so two of the missing ones have crawled out from under the couch or FedEx dropped them off....or something.....
By 3 p.m., all have migrated from the bathroom to some undisclosed location, possibly Berzerkistan, perhaps they've developed a taste for lobster rolls and have gone to Maine. Maybe that's how my passport got in there; they were trying to get out the window and hightail it to Canada. There are still six pairs on the table, only because I put the spatter shield from the microwave over them to keep them from getting away.
It's now almost midnight and as far as I can tell, every pair except for the ones I'm current wearing have gone AWOL.
When...and IF...I find the little bastards, I'm going to tie jingle bells onto them. Let's see 'em try to hide THEN!
So - I found these really cute stockings on super duper sale and I decided to buy them for four grandkids who will be visiting us at Christmas. Good so far, right? So they were winter white with faux fur on the tops so they had good bones but were plain. So I decided to pimp them up a bit. So far - total investment: $30.
So I found really cute monogrammed initials - OK, those were $5 EACH. Price is slowly creeping up.
Then I found adorable pom pom trim. These are biggish stockings - I needed quite a bit of this pom pom trim. Total price for trim - ANOTHER $30!!!!!!
And of course, I had to do the whole prerequisite burning of the fingertips while hot gluing all this to the stockings.
So total cost of stockings - SANS contents which will need to be bought and added: $70. And burned fingers.
But they do look really cute.
And the motto of this story is: "NEVER BUY SOMETHING FOR $20 THAT YOU CAN MAKE AT HOME FOR $80 WORTH OF CRAFT SUPPLIES"
I wear "drugstore readers", which I get at Dollar Tree for....uh....a dollar. I go in and buy ten at a time. So on Monday, I had 10 plus the 576 other ones that are somewhere in the house....somewhere.
Today, I'm looking for a pair. None on the table. None on the desk. None in the bathroom where I like to do my reading as nobody bothers me in there as nobody has the nasal fortitude to be in there with me. I did find my passport in there, which I've been looking for for days. I don't need a passport to go to the bathroom; I must have thought it would be nice to pretend I was crossing a border.
Eureka! There are eight pairs in my purse. Eight. That was at 8 a.m. this morning. By noon, there are none in my purse. There are now six pairs in the bathroom. And six pairs on the table. Which adds up to twelve, so two of the missing ones have crawled out from under the couch or FedEx dropped them off....or something.....
By 3 p.m., all have migrated from the bathroom to some undisclosed location, possibly Berzerkistan, perhaps they've developed a taste for lobster rolls and have gone to Maine. Maybe that's how my passport got in there; they were trying to get out the window and hightail it to Canada. There are still six pairs on the table, only because I put the spatter shield from the microwave over them to keep them from getting away.
It's now almost midnight and as far as I can tell, every pair except for the ones I'm current wearing have gone AWOL.
When...and IF...I find the little bastards, I'm going to tie jingle bells onto them. Let's see 'em try to hide THEN!
Oh, and I can't find my car keys.
I loved your post!
Hey, I just found three readers under my couch cushions. Are they yours?
Hey, I just found three readers under my couch cushions. Are they yours?
Possibly, possibly. Did you find my keys?
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I only had two, and I know where the small one is, but no idea what happened to the larger one. I don't think I ever saw it in this house, so it's possible that I got rid of it 7 years ago, but I don't remember. I don't even need it; I just want to know what happened to it.