Random Rants & Ramblings

Odd Socks

I was raised by a grandmother who knew how to darn socks. She went through the Depression where you never threw anything away that you could possibly get more use from. Socks were darned until they were useless. And she taught me how to do that as well. I always hated it, and the darned area would always rub blisters on my heels. So I don’t do that anymore. But what I will do is save the sock that doesn’t have holes in it and pair it up with another singleton and wear them. Why not? (BTW…those are NOT my feet there. I shave my legs!)

Coffee on TV

I have become increasingly irate at the way people mimic drinking a beverage on TV. Especially coffee. You can tell just by the way they hold the cup/mug/container that there is NOTHING in them! They gesture with them in their hands and you know if there was something in there, it would be sloshing all over the place. Then they mimic taking a sip of something that is supposed to be boiling hot and you KNOW they’re just putting their lips to the edge. They don’t even bother to lick their lips afterward. Then they plunk the cup on the desk with enough force to slosh the stuff out, and…NOTHING! There’s one show where the main gal is always making a cup of tea or some kind of drink in the blender. Well, when she uses the blender, you see stuff in it. More often than not, though, she is shown dunking a tea bag into an OBVIOUSLY EMPTY MUG!!!

Newspaper Festival

This title comes from a friend who many years ago talked about going to see the in-laws and they all just sat around in the living room reading magazines instead of conversing. He called it having a Magazine Festival. I have since adopted that phrase for newspapers. When I come back from my week in Fresno, I have all my newspapers that Marv has carefully saved for me. I sit in my comfy chair and have myself a Newspaper Festival.

The Neighbors

I just love this quirky new TV show about aliens in a gated community. I felt guilty about enjoying it so much, since the premise just screamed “Cancel me now!” but it has persevered. Lately, there was even a commercial for it, saying “It’s OK to like it now.” The other night we came back from church and I was grousing that there had been no dessert after the service as I had thought there would be. We turned down our street and the Ice Cream Truck guy across the street had a large vehicle in the middle of the street. There was barely enough room for us to pass and get to our driveway. There were several people out there doing who knows what. I was still complaining about dessert and as I was getting out of the car said “Well, I owe myself a dessert!” And I wasn’t quiet about it. I had recorded The Neighbors to watch after church, and going up the steps to the front door I announced “I’m going to fix myself a float and watch The Neighbors!!” After closing the front door, I realized that all those neighbors outside had undoubtedly heard me…oops. Then I almost felt obligated to fix my float, grab the lawn chair and go outside and watch…but I didn’t. I do have SOME restraint…

Off-Road Shopping

I used to ALWAYS shop with a list in my hand. I was forever making lists. If I went shopping and forgot my list on the counter, I might as well turn the car around and go back and get it. And no matter how lengthy that list was, there was always something that I should’ve gotten but didn’t, because IT WASN’T ON THE LIST. So---for some time now I’ve been doing what I call “off-road shopping.” No list. The few times that I had a list all made out and got to the store to discover I didn’t have it, I would resort to going up and down all the aisles and hope that I got everything I needed. And it usually worked. So I’ve gotten lax about keeping a list. Sometimes it works and I get it all without a list. Sometimes not. But I rarely fret about it anymore.