That's What She Said

Beth Gallagher said:
I saw a dermatologist today. The spot I wanted him to look at turned out to be nothing, but he found several "pre-cancerous" spots on my decollatage and face. He treated all the spots with that liquid nitrogen stuff, then told me the spots would likely blister and peel off. Well, OK.

Unfortunately I had planned to go vote in the primary runoffs after the doctor, so I drove over to the polling place. I walked in and noticed that everyone I interacted with was trying not to stare at my face. 👺 When I got home I checked myself in the mirror and was horrified to see that I look like a late-stage leprosy victim. Those poll workers are probably washing their hands right now and wondering if I'm the latest pandemic.
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Reminded me of a group of patients with different appearance-changing conditions on a talk show - Tourette's, Vitiligo, Alopecia, etc.
One guy with Vitilligo on his hands was paying for his lunch at a fast-food place & the cashier was afraid to touch his money, fearing it was contagious. After several tries, the customer took the cashier's hands in his hands, dropped the money into his palms, smiled & said,
"Now we both have it." 🤣 🤣
 
Yesterday our youngest son and DIL came by and spent a few hours with us. I was able to pawn off 3 more Aerogardens and an Aerogarden shelf unit to hold them, so woohoo. I also gave them a Miele canister vacuum cleaner that I bought last year and have only used twice.

I found that I really don't like a canister vac and this one was too expensive to take to Goodwill, so I'm glad they can use it. I'm still using an old upright vacuum or the robot vac most of the time.

We are going to our oldest daughter's for Father's Day weekend, leaving on Friday. It's about a 6 hour drive and I am dreading it so much. I know I will get cramps from sitting so long and I will be miserable. We just feel terrible that she has been in her brand-new home for well over a year and we haven't been to see it yet.

She told me that she has planned an afternoon of sailing on the lake on Saturday as a surprise for her dad. Something else I will hate, haha. It's some kind of excursion boat that takes a lot of people so I'll be trapped in a social setting in the middle of a lake for several hours. I'll probably need to be sedated.
 
I have a Miele canister vacuum cleaner too. Every time I give it a pull to move it along, it flips on its side or on its back like a damn turtle. I bought it several years ago because it was supposed to be light weight.

Oh girl, I don't envy your long drive or being stuck out in the heat on the lake. :( The things a person does for family.
 
Krystal Shay said:
I have a Miele canister vacuum cleaner too. Every time I give it a pull to move it along, it flips on its side or on its back like a damn turtle. I bought it several years ago because it was supposed to be light weight.

Oh girl, I don't envy your long drive or being stuck out in the heat on the lake. :( The things a person does for family.
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I rehomed all but one beast of a vacuum. Max, the no cord handheld/stick is perfect. One charge lasts through three rooms and it handles cat floof. Three Dyson died over it. Don’t let Turtle mess with you.

Drives can be done with breaks and invitations can be declined nicely or firmly.
 
We had a really nice weekend for Father's Day. We stayed at our daughter's new home on the lake at Runaway Bay north of Fort Worth. It was a long drive and traffic was pretty bad but we enjoyed the visit. Daughter had chartered a sailboat cruise on the lake for her dad's "surprise" and it was really fun.

Today I have been doing laundry, dropping off stuff at UPS and Goodwill, and then went through a manual car wash (where you put quarters in and use the high-power wand thing). Came home and dried the car off and came inside to cool off; it is really hot and humid outside.

At UPS, the parking lot was really full so I dropped the husband off at the door with the package and then circled the lot while he went inside. When I saw him walk out, I started driving to pick him up and I watched him trying to get into some stranger's gray Hyundai. :ROFLMAO: I'm wondering if I should be concerned since I drive a red Honda..??? What the?? I guess it's time to quit trading cars when the hubby doesn't recognize what we own.
 
Ugh. Yes, ugh. I don't know why everything I touch lately turns to :poop:. Nothing seems to go as planned, and things that should be a "piece of cake" turn out to be ordeals.

We got the new flag to hang for the 4th and dragged out the ladder to put it up. I climbed up and discovered that the anchor holes in the brick for the old bracket are wallowed out and need reinforcing, so a trip to the hardware store is required. Up and down the ladder, in the heat, getting more irritated by the minute.

The brick mortar is over 30 years old and a bit crumbly, so drilling into it causes more to fall out. 🤬 Thought we had some mortar repair stuff but apparently it was of indeterminate age and dried out. Back to the store.

Just before I got to the behaving badly and kicking stage I decided this can wait till tomorrow and came back in the house. This may be a "no flag" holiday for us.
 
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I talked to our middle son yesterday; he was having a get-together for the 4th with a bunch of people at his place. He said his family will come to see us next weekend and our little granddaughter will likely bring her suitcase to stay for a week. She stays with us a week every summer so I guess she hasn't outgrown us yet.

This means I need to do more dusting and get the clean sheets put on spare beds, so I will have a busy couple of weeks.

I'm going to see if they want any of my Aerogarden stuff because I'm ready to haul most of it to Goodwill or advertise it "free to a good home" on Craigslist. I have given several AGs away already to the kids but I have probably 18 machines still in the dining room and garage. 😬 That was a fun hobby while it lasted but I'm over it. I will keep a couple of gardens for herbs but that's it. Having so many of them began to feel more like a full time job than a hobby.
 
The idea of cherry tomatoes grown in aerogardens is becoming more appealing with the price of organic cherry tomatoes at the store. Now with dentures that work, cherry tomatoes with red cabbage, spinach, leaf lettuce, cheddar cheese, and crotons, all doused in 1000 Islands or Jalapeno Ranch, is finding favor with my system. I shan't is becoming I shall. :sneaky:
 
On Friday our son, DIL and granddaughter arrived to spend the weekend. We had a great time, except their little Yorkie peed on my living room carpet. So then I had to drag out the carpet shampooer and clean the rug because no one can clean it like I can. :sneaky: I'm going to declare my house a "No Pet Zone" from now on.

The last 2 times my daughter has brought her boxer with her, the dog has peed on the wood floor next to the staircase. GAH. Of course both my son and my daughter have told me that their dogs are "trained" and won't make a mess in the house. Um...wrong. I'm tired of cleaning up dog pee when I don't even have a dog, so "granddog" visits are no longer a thing. My grandson told me that the boxer NEVER pees in the house and couldn't have done it. I replied that if the dog didn't do it, then it must have been him because grandpa and I certainly don't pee on the floor. 🥸 Yes, I'm the grumpy grandma. wisdom.gif

We also got a surprise visit from our youngest daughter and two of her sons yesterday. They only stayed a couple of hours since they were in town on their way to 'the other grandparent's' house. It was great to see them and I'm so glad they came by. They don't have a dog so that was a plus.

So now everyone has gone except our granddaughter. She is like a little ghost in the house; we let her stay up as long as she wants and sleep as late as she wants. Then she visits with us at mealtime and is off to the neighbors' to find Taylor, the neighbor's granddaughter. So other than increased laundry and junky breakfast cereals in the house, she's barely noticeable.
 
So earlier I was minding my own business driving down the highway, returning from the gossip session at my hair stylist. Trash truck comes off the freeway entrance ramp and kicks up a rock, straight into my passenger side windshield. It made a loud pop and left a 3" star in the glass. My car has 290 miles on the ODO and needs the windshield replaced. 🤬

Around 5 a.m. I had to get out of bed and find the toilet plunger. Granddaughter has once again clogged up the plumbing in the kids' bathroom. I don't know why kids use so damn much toilet paper. I try to remain calm but this is the same child who for the past two years has flooded that same bathroom, causing us to replace the dining room ceiling... TWICE. What the actual hell?? I'm too old for this :poop:. :D Thankfully, the toilet didn't run over this morning but I will spend all week cringing when she closes that bathroom door.

Reminds me of my mother's expression... "Love to see 'em come and love to see 'em go."
 
Beth Gallagher said:
So earlier I was minding my own business driving down the highway, returning from the gossip session at my hair stylist. Trash truck comes off the freeway entrance ramp and kicks up a rock, straight into my passenger side windshield. It made a loud pop and left a 3" star in the glass. My car has 290 miles on the ODO and needs the windshield replaced. 🤬

Around 5 a.m. I had to get out of bed and find the toilet plunger. Granddaughter has once again clogged up the plumbing in the kids' bathroom. I don't know why kids use so damn much toilet paper. I try to remain calm but this is the same child who for the past two years has flooded that same bathroom, causing us to replace the dining room ceiling... TWICE. What the actual hell?? I'm too old for this :poop:. :D Thankfully, the toilet didn't run over this morning but I will spend all week cringing when she closes that bathroom door.

Reminds me of my mother's expression... "Love to see 'em come and love to see 'em go."
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The last three new vehicles I have had, got broken windshields before hitting 1000 miles.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
So earlier I was minding my own business driving down the highway, returning from the gossip session at my hair stylist. Trash truck comes off the freeway entrance ramp and kicks up a rock, straight into my passenger side windshield. It made a loud pop and left a 3" star in the glass. My car has 290 miles on the ODO and needs the windshield replaced. 🤬

Around 5 a.m. I had to get out of bed and find the toilet plunger. Granddaughter has once again clogged up the plumbing in the kids' bathroom. I don't know why kids use so damn much toilet paper. I try to remain calm but this is the same child who for the past two years has flooded that same bathroom, causing us to replace the dining room ceiling... TWICE. What the actual hell?? I'm too old for this :poop:. :D Thankfully, the toilet didn't run over this morning but I will spend all week cringing when she closes that bathroom door.

Reminds me of my mother's expression... "Love to see 'em come and love to see 'em go."
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Oh no, on all accounts!!!

One of my brother's kids did the same thing when he was little; plugging the toilet up with toilet paper. He never would say why he used so much toilet paper. He would this at his grandparents’ house on occasion too, when he stayed with them.
 
Krystal Shay said:
Oh no, on all accounts!!!

One of my brother's kids did the same thing when he was little; plugging the toilet up with toilet paper. He never would say why he used so much toilet paper. He would this at his grandparents’ house on occasion too, when he stayed with them.
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If this was one of my kids, I'd have read them the riot act and let them do their own plunging/mopping. :ROFLMAO: But since I see my granddaughter so seldom I am biting my tongue and offering suggestions. I want her to have good memories of grandma.
 
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