News you can’t use.

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Because it’s Monday, and I have to.

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If it requires citrus, I’m not sure I want to know.

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Future Olympic sport, right there.

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It had to be a red squirrel.

They’re evil that way..

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There are some activities that should never be social. This is one of them.

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No problem here, I don’t drink coffee. But please enjoy that morning cup of beetle poo… I’m sure it’s wonderful.

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Random reads.

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I cannot accurately relate the extent to which I despise painting our kitchen cabinets. But paint them I did,…

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Though I think we both ended up covered in equal amounts of white.

I’m good, but I’m not neat.

After a day of that, I needed a quick and easy dinner.

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Bubba Gump to the rescue, though I did use half the amount of butter.

Easy as well as tasty.

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No room for birds.

Grey squirrels, unlike red… are welcome here.

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Roopers is a local beverage distributor. Their delivery trucks are… interesting.

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Let’s play.

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It’s less embarrassing than an enema, but only just.

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I have a long list of bonehead moves but my most recent was a few years back. I’d pulled into a bank’s ATM machine… it was next to their drive thru window and on top of a short hill. For whatever reason, I wasn’t paying attention and when I realized I was too far away to reach the machine I opened my door, dropped my card and leaned out to retrieve it….

Without putting the car in park.

On a hill.

Not my brightest move.

Gravity is indeed a fickle b*tch… because the car went rolling, and so did I. Fell right out of the car on my knees and was dragged alongside it until I managed to reach in and push the brake. Unfortunately not before the left front fender slid along the concrete barrier and went crunch.

The drive thru teller saw the whole thing and half the bank emptied out in the parking lot to make sure I was okay. Other than a ripped knee on my jeans, the only thing hurt was my pride because I felt like a right royal idiot.

As soon as I got home the local police called and made me go downtown to fill out an accident report. When the officer asked what happened… I told him I had a blonde moment.

A moment that cost me over $1,800 in body work.

Duh.

Now you.

Share your stupidity!

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And then there were three.

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My third and final easy to assemble coffee table arrived yesterday.

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With what seemed like 50 cubic yards of styrofoam snow.

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Seriously, the stuff flew everywhere and has been nearly impossible to eradicate.

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I was sweeping and vacuuming like mad trying to keep ahead of it.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten was inconvenienced…

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And did not appreciate his favorite perch being turned upside down.

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Legs, shelf and trim pieces attached during a Red Sox game …

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And viola.

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Another Mission style table completes the set.

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😊

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Subtlety is not his strong suit…

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten enjoys licking the cream residue from my husband’s morning coffee and makes no secret of this fact.

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From the moment my spouse pours his first cup, he has a captive audience.

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Since His Lordship doesn’t want the actual coffee, my husband has to drink the first cup more rapidly than he’d like.

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And is stared down with anticipation during the process.

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Cats.

They want what they want.

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If you only read one story about the Olympics, let it be this one.

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I love watching the Olympics and rooting for our athletes. The highs, the lows, the victories, the heartbreaks… I’m hooked. I’ve watched gymnastics, swimming, synchronized diving, beach volleyball and cycling and enjoyed them all. But apparently I should have been watching the pole vaulting competition because something happened there you don’t see every day.

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Yes, you read that correctly.

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He may have lost his chance at a medal, but something tells me Anthony’s Tinder profile is going to be breaking records of its own.

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Before and afters, overpriced lamps and a cat who sits…

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The new composite decking, the new soffit ceiling panels, the new poles, the new pvc wrap and new moulding are all in place.

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And though we’re only halfway done with this project, it looks better already.

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The old siding has been stripped off and the windows are taped.

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Next up?

The stone veneer.. which I know is going to be a total nightmare because there’s so much to cut around. Three windows, a door, a light fixture, an electrical outlet and a dryer vent.

You’ll probably hear the cursing from there.

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In other news, I put a fresh coat of stain on our well house.

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It amazes me how often I have to do this.

For a house covering a well, it doesn’t weather well.

And while I’m complaining…

I’ve been lamp shopping and I’m not happy.

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Lamps plus what… gold dust?

Because that’s the only explanation for charging that much.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten took a detour on his walk today.

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Or should I call it a sit…

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