Who’s the smartypants?

The hubbinator’s last day at work was on Friday. As a gift, his coworkers purchased a day of the week clock for him. No time, just the day of the week.

To honor such a momentous occasion, I took down the clock in our bedroom and hid it in the closet.

No more 0330 alarms for me. I can finally sleep in until 0430.

Except the cat apparently has its own internal timekeeper. And he knows when it is time to be fed. If I don’t get up, he’s in there batting around a glass painting until I get up. No alarm clock needed.

I could move the painting, but I’ve done that before and then he goes after the mirror on the dresser.

It’s not hard to figure out the smarty pants in the family.

Until next time, stay healthy.

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In Advance

We are planning to move… in 3 and a half years.

You would think that I wouldn’t be stressing the move now. But we have been in this house for 20 years. 20 years is a long time to be collecting stuff.

When we moved into our first house, we transported all our worldly possessions in 2 trips in a Plymouth Horizon.

When we moved into our second house, it was two trips in a 28 foot U-Haul. Sure, we had 3 kids by then, but we are still storing some of their stuff.

When I think about moving again, I have a brain shutdown at all the stuff we’ve accumulated. So I want to start cleaning things out and getting rid of stuff. Except apparently, I’m not just a hoarder but I like the panic of last minute prepping.

Ah, well, maybe next year I will miraculously change:D

Until next time, stay healthy.

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Friday Fun Fact

Most of us exchange sleep for caffeine.

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This month’s reading

Here are the two books I hope to finish this month:

and:

For the first time, both books are nonfiction and none are mysteries. Go figure.

Until next time, stay healthy.

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It only takes a decade or two

We have lived in our house for twenty years in July. In that time, the pool plunger for the backwash system had become my nemesis. Several times a year, I have to move the whole sand filter out of the way and lube the stupid piston then move the whole thing back, try to line everything up and reprime the pump.

It is back breaking work.

And to add insult to injury, sometimes the handle snaps off of the piston. Leaving me with either a new repair/replace job or a need to keep a pair of pliers handy to use as a handle.

This year, I decided before the plunger got too hard to move, I would try to remove the piston. Oddly enough, it worked.

The whole assembly came out and I was able to lube it up and slide it back. No back breaking job of moving the filter.

Just goes to show, you are never to old to learn something you should have learned a long time ago.

Until next time, stay healthy.

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Friday Fun Fact

Opening my computer this morning, I realized that the cats have been up to something during the night.

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Maker Monday

To honor a family member’s 90th birthday, I decided I would craft an album that would become a Memory book. I knew right away that I would be using some Graphic 45 papers as I love their postcards and papers. But I didn’t know where I would purchase an album to fit what we wanted to do.

Instead, I found Lunar Sun Creations who had quite a few videos on creating albums. I tried it and am pretty happy with how it turned out.

Now, I just need to decorate it.

Until next time, stay healthy.

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Friday Fun Fact

I thought I wanted to be a hermit when I grew up.

Now I know I want to be a dragon—sleep all day surrounded by my treasures and wake up occasionally to breathe fire on some people.

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Hello and goodbye

I don’t plot my books. I know my characters and a few turning points, but mostly I go where the characters take me.

So I was surprised when I met one of my new characters and I instantly knew this character was created to die. Kinda freaky.

Especially since I like the character and may sabotage his fate.

Hmmm. I wonder what other surprises this book has in store.

The only way to know is to write the next page.

Until next time, stay healthy.

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Friday Fun Fact

Some folks have a face for radio and a voice for silent movies.

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