1. That was a rough weekend. It didn’t start off that way — shoot, Friday and most of Saturday went just fine.
2. Sh*t didn’t really hit the fan until Saturday evening. Isn’t that always the way? Things are winding down, you think you’re home free then BAM. Knocked flat as a pancake on the highway of life.
3. No, not my life, but it will shock no one to hear that other people’s lives are 100% capable of derailing my own.
4. Parenting. The only gig that can simultaneously pump you up and bleed you dry.
5. Just kidding, I’m sure there are plenty of gigs pulling off that particular miracle. This one just happens to be mine.
6. As is par for the course I managed to fold the rogue basket of socks, underwear, and random t-shirts just as I need to run laundry again.
7. Hello, hamster. Meet wheel.
8. I’m gonna have to really zero in so today? Today’s the kitchen. Dishwasher emptied, dirty dishes put in, counters cleared, and that damn pineapple cut up so it’ll stop mocking me from the island.
9. Of course my fruits and vegetables mock me. Don’t yours? Never mind, don’t answer that.
10. Let’s just all roll into Monday together with a commitment to healthy eating and a good afternoon nap.
Riddle from the Middle 
They do mock us. I hate going into the fridge. So hope this week is better for you.
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Thanks. Today hasn’t been the best but big scheme of things it’s manageable.
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There is an apple custard pie in the refrigerator right now mocking me, because although the recipe looked like a winner, the reality is somewhat different. I suspect said pie will make a trip to the chicken coop today, because those girls – they’ll eat just about anything. I like summer best because I don’t have to wear socks, which means that rogue sock basket doesn’t appear. Win win.
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Lucky chickens! Also lucky you because you’ve got a great option for what to do with food that doesn’t work out. Nothing makes me struggle like not wanting to toss food.
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Actually, my FRESH fruits and veggies do mock me. What’s so strange about that? I bought a package of lettuce (they don’t sell actual lettuce as I’ve grown up knowing it anymore. I guess the head of lettuce was too aesthetically displeasing or something. OR there was a lettuce plague that I’m unaware of).. anyway, now all you can get is either lettuce in a bag (which goes rotten in three days), or these packages of lettuce leaves. I bought it Friday. I have the idea to make tuna salad and have that on a lettuce leaf or in sandwiches, but so far? It mocks me. So mean!!
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Lord, Melanie, this practically screams spinach at me. I buy those packs fully intending to put it in smoothies and be all healthy but then it gets shoved to the back of the fridge and next thing you know….😆
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I’m with you on the healthy. I wish I could nap but never have been able to do it. Type A personality, I guess. Gotta keep moving.
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My philosophy is your body asks for what it needs so if it’s impossible for you to nap then I guess your nighttime sleep is enough? I’m very perplexed and can’t relate but glad it works for you. 🙂
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Yes indeed.
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Laura, happy Monday. I got very tickled by the reference to a “rogue basket of socks.” Too funny. Keith
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I’m not sure I can *technically* call them rogue since that basket seems to turn up often after laundry days but there it is anyway.
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To me, rogue is when you find one in the pocket of some shorts six months later, that somehow found its way in. during the wash.
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Nothing mocks you the way fruit does before it goes bad.
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Indeed. Did you know a pineapple can throw so much shade the whole outside color shifts to gray? I’ve seen it!
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here’s to a better week and ‘my fruits and vegetables mock me’ is an incredibly great phrase. says it all.
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Yep. There’s nothing worse than having to toss a fruit or veggie because I took too long to cut it up/use it. SO ANNOYING.
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I hope you’ve a better week Laura.
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Fingers crossed!
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🤗
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