The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. The Young One arrived at the airport on time no delays.

2. The four of us having dinner at the same time under the same roof.

3.  The girlies and I were abruptly woken up by the basement smoke detector going off. The alarm was silenced and it didn't go off again. Happy Birthday, Young One! A bit of fresh air after checking nothing was wrong silenced it. It went off again in the evening. We called the Fire Department. The smoke detector on the main floor never sounded. They checked  and found nothing suspicious. They thought the smoke detector going off might have been caused by the humidity.

4.  Spent a fun afternoon at WAM with the Young One.

5. The Young One and I spent a nostalgic afternoon on a dumb trail

How was your week?

TBT Reprints from CJ's Whine and Cheeze

   In 2003, Ma had a stroke. Dad was her full time caregiver until he he had a car accident that totaled the car. So in 2006, I became their chauffeur among other jobs.

At the time, to deal with the stress of running two households and working, I kept a blog entitled CJ's Whine and Cheeze. Egged on by some friends who enjoyed the first read through, you'll see your part when it comes by.

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Danse Macabre

Conversations with the Weebles can turn to morbid thoughts. Usually, this happens around the holidays . "Well, I wonder how many Christmases I have left." "This may be my last Thanksgiving." Deep sigh. Forlorn look. I'm never sure if the comments are to spark some sympathy or some sort of death wish.

Dad and I were having a cup of tea. Ma had nodded off and her tea sat untouched and getting cold. Dad shook his head and heaved a deep sigh.

"Sometimes, I don't know. Maybe it would be better to just." He raised his index finger and pointed it at his temple.

"Don't you dare!" I yelled horrified. "You're not going to leave me to handle this by myself."

He gave me that "what are you going to do about it look."

"If you do. If you do.." I tried to think of the worse thing. "I'll wear red to your funeral and dance on your grave."

He laughed. "That's alright. I won't mind."

I didn't think quickly enough on my feet. I thought of the perfect answer on the way home. What I should have said: If you do, I'll bury her in the same hole!

Adventures of the Poor, Little Boob

 

After seeing the doctor about the mole, I went for a routine mammogram (November 2023) .A day or two later, the imaging center called me. There was some calcification and the radiologist wanted a deeper scan. I thought it couldn't be that bad because the appointment was made for January 2024.

T Stands for How Unimaginative Another Lobster Roll

 

After running the "What do you feel like doin', Marty?" lines (from the 1955 movie, Marty, starring Ernest Borgnine, we ended up at the Shore Road Restaurant in York Beach, Maine. I had another Connecticut Lobster Roll, home-made potato chips, and a ginger ale.

After lunch, we drove over to Nubble Light. In all of the times that I've been to see the lighthouse, I've never seen it with fog rolling in. This might have been the day that I chatted with an older couple (probably the same age or even a few years younger than me!). They had ridden up on a motorcycle. The fella told me they had been up there the day before. He said the fog was so thick, you couldn't even see the lighthouse.

The fog bank rolling in reminded me of one of my favorite movies, The Incredible Shrinking Man.

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Monet, Me, and Miro

 

are looking over the journal I kept while two old ladies were on the road in Ogunquit, Maine. Day 3 started at 8 am and rainy. We had a leisurely breakfast in. I had tea and a cinnamon scone

Late afternoon cleared so we took a drive to York Beach and had lunch outside at the Sun and Surf Restaurant. After lunch, you'll never guess where we went? That's right, in the cheap seats. We visited Nubble Light. The views never get old. 

Thunderstorms were predicted and the sky got a bit threatening. We drove to Ogunquit Beach maybe hoping to see the storm, but the sky cleared. We found a parking spot and the parking app worked.

We sat on the beach. I got brave and put my feet in the water. The water temperature was around 61 °F. (16 °C) I thought my heart was going to stop as the water was so cold. I thought if I waded around a bit, I'd get used to the water. All I got were blue feet (embiggen the above photo)

On the way back to the motel, we stopped at Big Daddy's ice cream. I had a small dish of Chocolate Almond Joy. Chocolate ice cream, almonds, and coconut.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Doesn't Petunia look adorable with her Queen of Hearts petunias?

Wild Morning Glories aka Devil's Weed

A tiny tomato in and indoor pot

Himself watching the perimeter drain being unclogged

The smoke plume turned the sky other worldly as if we were on Mars. 

The new birthday banner to celebrate the July birthdays

Blueberries that were turned into muffins

Somebody should weed the Hydrangea

How does your garden grow?

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

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