Miscellaneous Musings No. 19

Hello, readers, and welcome to my Rolodex brain dump of miscellaneous musings. These tend to be random thoughts that strike a chord with me at one time or another, usually in a funny way (except for that last one on Life in Limbo. To see my priors, they're listed here.

I went to an estate sale last week which was held on a farm. The parking attendant even found a treasure, or his twin, I'm not really sure which.

We took the Covid shots back in January / February, and have been enjoying free donuts from Krispy Kreme multiple times since. We just drive through, and when we get to the window, I just flash the picture of our saved cards stored in my phone.

We don't do this now that we can dine in most places, but there were many times when we would grab a fast food lunch and sit in our car on the parking lot of a local strip mall where, besides the stores and restaurants, our DMV administers the driving skills test for drivers with learners licenses. Drivers have to master parallel parking between the barrels pictured below. When not actually testing, many learners would come here just to practice parallel parking. We had more than a few laughs watching hopeless cases. 

You think common core math is hard? How about Kroger math? Here were a couple examples we ran into while shopping lately. You figure them out!

Two 1/2 doz for $5 or 1 doz for $3.99

Here's something that caught my eye at the grocery. Too bad I don't like te-kill-ya.

I have an antique dealer friend who has a chicken coop. She named three of her hens after me and my Panoply sisters for our personalities. I think she told me she named this one after me because she was bossy. Either that or skinny. Here's a picture of Rita. 😂 

I do eat! Just ask Mr. P. I eat more than he does, except for sweets (he has me beat, but I do well for myself). Ever since Cindy styled an alfresco table using these individual pies, they have become regular pickups for me at the grocery. These little bad boys come in key lime, coconut (both of which I like), banana (haven't tried) and the ever elusive, french silk. Best recent caloric value!

It's peach season, and I bet I've consumed at least ten pounds of those gems in the past month. Aldi sells a great little beverage that I've really enjoyed this year. too. It's a hard wine seltzer, very light in alcoholic content, perfect for a hot, summer day, especially with peaches.

We have a local guy who started his own microgreens business with his stimulus checks, and is doing amazingly well. I shop our local Farmers' Market and buy them for weekly salads. Sunflower, Rambo Radish, Broccoli, Spicy Salad Mix....they are yum.me. Here's a link to his story:  Oh My Greens.

I live along the river that flows through my home town. When I was placing an order by phone last spring (not typical for me, but I couldn't get the website to give me a promo code credit). Knowing my address is not easy to spell, let alone understand (especially in my Appalachian twang: ka.naw - two syllables), I spelled it for the clerk (btw, there was no language barrier between us): K-A-N-A-W-H-A. If you look up the phonetic pronunciation on Google, you'll get the Google, three syllable, first syllable emphasis version:  kaa.nuh.waa - that's just wrong. Anyway, here's how my package came, and I am surprised it even got here. 

From the Facebook files: Just about every blogger I know (including myself) has made a charcuterie board / tray of some sort, but this one seems aimed particularly at the younger bloggers. 

All this talk of food leads one to think of exercising. Mr. P's oldest sister passed away back in April, which was very sad for all of us. She had overcome some major health issues throughout 2020 (not Covid). She had been going to our local gym regularly with Mr. P. until late in 2019. Even after overcoming her obstacles and getting Covid shots, she resumed going to the gym earlier this year, only to eventually succumb to a blood disorder. While cleaning out her condo, another of Mr. P's sisters found this post-it note:

😂😂😂 I guess she told us!

This was also seen on Facebook a while back, and worth sharing:

I'll leave with you that last one, on a positive note. I hope you find something amusing, humorous or thought-provoking in your day-to-day activities. Take care, and take care not to take yourself too seriously.

Rita C. at Panoply

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