Sunday, December 1, 2024
Friday, November 29, 2024
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
What I Buy Wednesday
I have no idea what to do with it, so I didn't buy it. It looks like I probably wouldn't like the texture. Strange.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Tuesday Thoughts About...
It seems to happen fairly often that Butch prints exactly when I’m trying to print photos, thus ruining a lot of photo paper—which isn’t cheap.
And then there have been the times when I’ve forgotten to take out the extra photo paper and it gets printed on (remember when Butch was going to Guatemala and had to take his boarding pass printed on glossy photo paper? I forgot to ask him how that went! Anyway, that's more wasted paper).
Then there are the times that I’ve forgotten that I have the printer set on “double-sided” which means that it’s unusable —a sloppy inky mess. This has happened too many times. I think I finally have it in my head to check that.
And then today (I’m writing this on Saturday), I ran out of yellow ink—mid-printing. Little did I know that when I opened the lid to install a new ink cartridge, that meant that the “job” would start all over again and re-print—all 8 pages--when there was only one left to go!! Another waste!
Sheesh!
I know what you are thinking: "All of this sounds like user errors!" Yeah, I know. But it does make me hate my printer. And sometimes Butch!
Monday, November 25, 2024
Monday Mystery
It’s a mystery to me that Uber/Lyft drivers act like it’s a surprise when they pick people up or drop them off at the airport, that they have luggage! Seriously? Doesn't everybody have a suitcase at the airport?
Here’s the story:
When we recently went to Charleston for our mother/daughter trip, I ordered an XL car for six. Yes, the XL is supposed to stand for extra large. Again, it stands to reason that these six people would have suitcases. The guy arrived and there was no way it was going to work. The sixth person had to sit in the way back which meant there wouldn’t be room for the luggage. The driver kept acting like it would work when clearly it would not, We all had purses and a carry-on too. There was no way we could juggle luggage AND carry-ons on our laps. We ordered another car and had to wait. Considering that some of us had already waited for our luggage only to find that it came on two carousels--we were anxious to get going! So aggravating.
The same thing happened when we ordered a car to take us back to the airport. This one ended up working--but it was tight. I had to have my carry-on jammed in the front seat with me while everyone else had theirs on their lap. That driver was hearing impaired so we couldn’t even call him in advance to find out if it was going to work. You don’t find that out about the driver until you’ve ordered the car. So aggravating!
Listen up drivers—DO NOT BE SURPRISED WHEN PICKING UP PEOPLE GOING TO OR COMING FROM THE AIRPORT THAT THEY HAVE LUGGAGE! It’s guaranteed they will and that ain’t no mystery!!
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Something for Sunday
Basically, the only thing I removed was a large floral arrangement that sits where Santa is. Other than that, I leave all of my regular "junk" and just add some Christmas things. The ornament on the right on top of the scale and books is Downton Abbey and lives there all the time--not just at Christmas. The mantle is different every year. I just pile a bunch of stuff on and call it good.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Scrapbook Saturday
This is the September page for 2024. It's easy to fall behind. Once the month is over, I have a few things that I try to do faithfully:
This is our monthly AYM word--GAME. I told the story of my sisters and me playing poker in Tuscany on our trip to Italy 8 years ago. I can't believe it's been that long. This is exactly why I have loved our theme of "words" this year for the album. A single word pulls up pictures that evoke many memories! Try it. Put a single word in the search feature of photos on your phone and see what pops up for you. It always makes me happy!
This is my October highlights layout. I cannot believe that November is just about gone!
My first party invitation for the holidays (well, not counting the birthday party celebration).
Morgan and her friends are starting a book club! I just love that. I told her that if she sends me the books, I'll join from afar!! After the first meeting, she sent me the name of the book which she took from my list--Hello Beautiful--great pick! I better get some notes together since I won't remember much about it!
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Travel Tuesday
These girls are the reason the mother/daughter trips began. They are all the same age--just months apart. When they were in high school, we took a trip to San Diego. Fast forward 20 years. We were getting ready to plan another trip. That's when Stephanie said, "Well, we're your daughters too!" So we opened it up to the family.
Here are the cousins: Mindy, Stephanie, Sandy, Angie (Jeanne's daughter), Jackie (Janet's daughter) and Ranya (Jennifer's daughter).
The sisters: Jennifer, Janice, me, Janet and Jeanne.
We stayed at the Indigo Inn. The lobby was very small but they still managed to have a nice breakfast and happy hour every day.
Let's put it this way, when we were all there, we took all 10 seats and had to squeeze the 11th person on the loveseat.
Monday, November 18, 2024
Me on Monday
Dear Barbara Eads,
Your lost report ID is 36586692
Unfortunately, your lost item was unable to be located, despite the team’s best efforts. Regrettably, that means this case must be closed.Wishing you all the best
Yeah, well you know what I say to that? Are you frigging kidding me? We've just spent thousands at your resort and parks. And now you rip me off for about 250 bucks by forcing me to replace my keys? Shame on you Disney!!!
Monday Mystery
You can see how big it is.