Tuesday Titillation

The woman who appears in this commercial has been banned from her church until the ad goes off the air.  Apparently the church has no sense of humor.  She took the job for the money. "My Visa was calling out for mercy," she said.

Music Monday

Because Bob Dylan was in our area this past weekend and I prefer others singing his songs:

Sunday Stealing Meme

From Sunday Stealing:

1. Have you turned the heat on in your house yet this fall?
Turned it on, turned it off, turned it on, turned it off, turned it on, turned it off. It probably will be turned back on the end of the week.

2. Do you allow your pets on the furniture?
only heavy pet-ting

3. What were your final words for September?
Good riddance, 90 degree weather

4. What are your first words for October?
Hello, cool and crisp.

5. Do you think you’ve ever seen a ghost?
Yes, and he was very friendly

6. What is the one color that represents this time of year?
crimson



7. Which of your senses do you think is most sensitive this time of year?
My sensuality - cool weather always gets me excited.

8. What is your favorite thing to do at the county fair?
Gag from the sour odors of spoiled food from the trash containers and manure and urine odors wafting from the livestock area.

9. What do you like when you have a cold?
To be left alone.



10. Are you willing to spend over $100 for a piece of winter clothing, like boots or a coat?
Never, I only buy on sale and when items are bargained priced.

Note:  There is no #11. What happened?

12. What do you have too much of in your kitchen?
empty chairs at an empty table (a result of empty nest syndrome and ailing relatives, not a revolution)



13. What gripes do you have about this time of year?
It's dark when I get up; otherwise it's my favorite time of year

14. Other than yourself, are you responsible for getting anyone ready in the morning?
Yes, every morning I sleep-walk down the street and put compression stockings on my mother's legs.  Then I fix their breakfast.

15. When was the last time you cleaned your gutters?
Why clean them?  I grow things there.

16. So, it’s after Labor Day. Will you still be wearing white?

I never wear white; it makes the wearer look fat.

17. What shows are you most looking forward to this Fall?

the leaf changing show, the autumn sunsets show, and the harvest moon show

18. What three things have you just not gotten around to from the summer, but probably should do before snow flies?

lie on the beach, go to a baseball game, take a vacation. Oh, heck, I've haven't done those things in 25 years so why start now?

Photo Friday - Looking for Jesus?

The sign at our local grocery store indicates he is in Aisle 5 next to the cereal, but I have yet to see him there. He must be out of stock and on back-order.

Thursday Thoughts

I have been accused by someone of being a pedant (but he is too, by the way), and I have quite often been known to complain about the practice of nouns being turned into verbs these days.  Most recently, via my daughter,  I became aware of the noun-verb tabling (sitting at a table at an exposition and handing out information).

After viewing this little video gem with the words of Stephen Fry, I renounce every criticism of grammer I have made in the past. I have, and still do, however, appreciate the beauty of words.

Wacky Wednesday Wisdom

Cathy Lee Guisewite

Just another American justification for eating fat and calorie-laden monster foods:

How about a giant Big Top Cupcake?



Try this cake with a whole apple pie and a pumpki pie baked into it:

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Here's the Cherpumple version:



And if that isn't enough, check out The Daily Beast's 40 Desserts That Can Kill You.  All available at your nearest favorite chain restaurant.



I'm back - sort of

Saturday I realized I hadn't posted on this blog for six days.  As far as I know only one reader missed me and actually seemed concerned about me.  That tells you something about my readership numbers.
Almost two full days last week were spent transporting an elderly relative to doctors for pre-operation appointments for cataract surgery.  Even though it took a great deal of time away from work, I must say the clinic was quite efficient, and there was minimal waiting in all of the many offices we needed to visit.  There were two things I was most grateful for:

 1.  The clinic has a valet parking service and it saved me at least 15 minutes of time and heaps of trouble in getting my relative out of the car, into a wheel chair, wheeling her into the lobby, going back to the car, finding a parking space, walking back to the clinic lobby and getting her to the appointment on time. The fellows working at the valet area were wonderfully kind.

 2.  Despite the mild irritation of being asked the same questions (name, birthday, address, phone number, reason we're there) at every single office, knowing full well they had all the answers right in front of them on the computer screen,  I appreciate a business where quality control is or appears to be a priority.  Every office seemed to have a verification protocol of checking, double-checking, and triple-checking.  When you see this in the pre-op stages, you perhaps can feel a bit more confident that the surgery will be performed on the correct body part on the correct person.

The surgery is this week so there will be more absences from work and this blog.

I spent my weekend hauling things out of some unheated attic areas with the intention of installing additional insulation there.  This is a 100+ year old home and these little cubby-holes were the only areas still in need of more energy efficiency.  Stored in the attics were items left from the previous owner and remainder items from construction renovations over the past 50 years.

Boxes of ceramic tiles of green, pink, gray, and white and excess vinyl floor tile were toted to the basement as was at least 50 feet of wood mouldings and a 36 inch, 8 foot tall solid wood door that must have come from some opening that has since been enclosed. Under some old yellowed newspapers, I found six stained glass windows, still in fairly good condition, that had originally been located in the windows of the main staircase landing. Hopefully I can get them reconditioned and find a place to display them. I like saving original parts of the house and construction left-overs because you never know when you might need to repair something and it is handy to have a perfect match.

I did discover a man had been living in one of the spaces for over 40 years.  At five feet tall, he was a chubby fellow despite not having food for all that time.  He had a smile on his face which lit up when I stuck his plug in.

I'm not especially fond of large yard ornaments, so Santa will be sold at a yard sale later this week, along with some large vintage Christmas lights, two 4 foot lighted Christmas candles and whole bunch of other items I have been storing for years.

Hopefully I'll be back to regular daily postings next week.