I’ve entered a knock-on-wood phase as in hey, great news, I only had to take two doses today, knock-on-wood. I’m betting large on the protective power of wood knocking here because after a week of staggering through life it’s time to get back in the game. There are no sick days built into my healthcare plan.
That being said, here are the latest observations du jour.
1. Phoebe will literally sit at BrightSide’s feet and gaze longingly at him as she waits for…something. He asks if she wants to go out – she walks away. He invites her up on his lap – she blinks, then walks away. About twenty minutes later we stumbled onto the answer. She was waiting for me to ask if she needed to go out. Seriously. This dog.
2. Taking Gracie into someone else’s home brings flashbacks of days spent chasing our toddlers around friends’ houses. Don’t touch that! That either! GIVE ME THAT!! Both outings involve slobbery items returned to their rightful owner and a sheepish acknowledgement that despite our best parenting efforts the critters were winning.
3. Turning the house around for a showing in ninety minutes or less is a legit cardio workout and should log on my exercise ring.
4. It’s remarkable what I’ll find in a kid’s trash can after explicit instructions categorizing them as purely decorative in this particular stage. And that is all I have to say about that. Bless.
5. Marketing a house shifts everything down to your diet. Meals involving fish, broccoli, greens, or anything curry go on the no no list when strangers might wander through with a perplexed what’s that smell?
6. Everybody and their brother jumped on the Marie Kondo Netflix series before us but today I’m all oh, I GET IT NOW. Someone commented in an article that tidy people are in a state of constant tidying without even realizing it and I think that’s 100% true.
7. I can be tidy.
7a. I can.
7b. No, really, I can.
7c. I just don’t know if I’ll ever be tidy without realizing it.
8. Anyone else shocked the shutdown is rocking the thirty day count? I vacillate between wtf and WHAT IN THE EVERLOVING F*** daily. And the sight of families lined up outside food banks because they’re hitting critical status is heartbreaking.
9. I miss when the grownups were in charge.
10. So here’s my obligatory mention that yes, it’s my birthday, I’ve survived another year. Woo hoo! Tune in tomorrow for what being 47 taught me.
Happy Birthday!!!
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Happy Birthday! You MUST let me know how the last year has been. And have I mentioned, you look spectacular? Must be all the broccoli and fish 🙂
I feel you on the concern for those dependent on the government. It’s a wonderful time to donate extras at the food banks.
I am tidy. I used to be compulsively tidy. I think it’s probably better to be messy than compulsively tidy.
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You are kind, friend. I am quite certain all the broccoli & fish are lending a healthier glow… 😉
Yes to the food bank donations. Our biggest local one closed two years ago – funding issues, I think. So frustrating.
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Happy Birthday!!! let’s have cake! 🙂
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And ice cream!!
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Wishing you a very Happy Birthday! 🙂
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Thanks very much!
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Many Happy Returns. And a silver lining about that shut down mess? You’re not (presumably any way) relying on those fucktards to provide your money. My cousin, a neighbor’s son and countless others are, and they’re all scared silly. No money for most of them means facing homelessness in pretty short order. I’m still amazed someone hasn’t shot that fat orange bastard in the skull.
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I’m *very* lucky that our bills aren’t getting ranked in order of importance to be paid by our dwindling savings account. I can’t imagine how remarkably pissed people must be to go without pay for this long. The hubby works in finance and most people do not have a safety cushion built up. 😦
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“I miss when the grownups were in charge.” Me too!
Happy birthday. If I were looking at a house, I’d be encouraged by the sight of cake. I think cake says “you’ve come to the right place.”
Our dog litterally picks one of us to take her out. It’s like she has a checklist, or something. She barks at my wife. I stand up and ask “do you want to go out?” I get this goofy look and she barks at my wife.
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Ah, so somebody’s The Chosen One For Poop Collection in your house. Not sure where I’d hope to land on that scale, especially since you get the super duper chilly weather there.
I also believe cake is an excellent indicator of good things. 😉
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With the dog, we operate on a pick-it-up each time plan. One dog, and she won’t go if we aren’t there, do it’s pretty easy. Like being the designated driver. It is nice never having to scan the yard.
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Nice and will sure tune tomorrow!
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Thank you!!
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First of all, before I forget (it doesn’t take long), Happy Birthday! Happy Every Day for A Year in Honor of Your Birth.
If my house is to be sold, it will have to happen after I move out.
I watched the first in the Marie Kondo (I keep thinking Komando) series last night – well, okay. I discovered I already have done much of what she suggests, although the closet thing needs to be repeated (and I don’t thank my clothes as I pass them on), and I don’t fold clothes the same way she does. My lack of tidiness seems to center around the areas where I normally sit, although those stacks aren’t as large as they used to be. We won’t discuss my craft room.
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Everyone should be allowed one “we won’t discuss the…” room. My piles have typically been rowdiest in the common areas and I’m oddly drawn to this clean counters lifestyle but I’ll have to be hardcore on top of things to maintain it. Hope springs eternal.
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And thanks! 🙂
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Have a great untidy day!
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Thank you! 😉
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Happy birthday! This: https://youtu.be/lUBNtYixTSs
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Thank you!
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Happy birthday 🎂🎊.
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Many thanks!
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My pleasure 😇
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