Cletus Take the Reel

So horrible, but so good.

Kitty in the Window

In the winter, I become desperate for sunshine.  I stand in our kitchen in front of the glass door where the sun shines, warming myself like a cat.  When Adam and I eat lunch together, he sits at the table, and I prefer to sit in the sun.  He sighs and shakes his head a little, and says, "Well, I guess you won't be sitting at the table with me until spring."

One of My Favorite Things

Purchasing jewelry must be an act of seduction for me.  I have to be thoroughly charmed before I buy.  I almost never buy jewelry for myself, because It feels so ostentatious!  Who do I think I am?  I'm not the Queen of England.  This is why I love receiving jewelry as a gift.

I had been looking for a statement ring for a while, but wasn't having any luck finding one.  When I was in New York this spring, I passed by a jewelry shop with my Mom and my aunt.  We stopped and admired the jewelry and one ring caught my eye.  I slipped it on and it fit perfectly.  I looked at the price.  It was too much.  So I sadly returned it to the display.  But my aunt, always the haggler, knew the shop owner and said, "She's my niece.  How much for her?"  The shop owner reduced the price significantly, but it was still more than I wanted to pay.  I politely declined and we left the shop.  I couldn't get the ring out of my head.  A half an hour later, I decided to go back to the store and make a personally outrageous purchase.

The ring is sterling silver and labradorite, a stone I had never heard of before.  When the stone catches the light, it shines a bright blue, but in the dark, it's a sparkly cool grey.  It reminds me that sometimes a splurge can be regret-free, even for a frugal person, like me.

Pies on a Plane

I was so excited to can pumpkin this year (do at your own risk, apparently) because it meant I could make fresh pumpkin pie, instead of using store-bought pumpkin puree.  Then it occurred to me that Adam and I will be flying to Texas for Thanksgiving, where I will NOT be checking a bag for an additional $20 (*cough!pricegouging!cough!*) to bring my canned pumpkin puree, and will therefore need to bring a pre-baked pie if I want to enjoy the fresh pumpkin.

This means that my pie will be subject to TSA skepticism as to whether my precious holiday dessert is actually a homemade explosive device.  You can't be too careful, you know.  I've heard Terrorists can bake a mean cherry pie.  However, to my surprise TSA is on the ball, and apparently you can bring a pie on a plane.  Their actual website seems to be a little less pie positive, but not wholly negative.  It seems from a quick Google search that other people have had mixed results with trying to bring pies on planes.  I suppose that there is gel in pies and the terrorists could use this to their advantage. (I imagine a legion of men with pies, tossing them at the TSA employees as they explode in the airport security screening area.  People start running and screaming, tripping over their luggage while the men shout, "Shut your pie-hole!")

What do you think? Should I risk rejection and bring a pie on a plane?

Arrrrrhh!

Did you know you can change your Facebook language setting to English (Pirate)?

That's right.  Instead of friends, you have mates.  Instead of a news feed, you have News Ahoy!  Instead of 'like' you have 'Arr this be pleasin' to me eye." Instead of being married to Adam, I am anchored to him.

You should change your settings too.  Then we can laugh together!

Blame the Folding Chair

From my posts last week, you can probably tell I've been a little* stressed lately.  Most of that has been due to schoolwork, but my stress level got even worse, when my back started hurting.  

Yes, that's right.  My back.  Hello, I'm a perfectly healthy 24-year old and my back has informed me that it prefers to treat me as if I'm a 45 year old day laborer.  It gently informed me of this with my first back spasm (Whoo hoo! I can cross that one off of my life list!).  I was standing in the kitchen, and suddenly, there was pain rippling throughout my lower back.  In shock, I braced myself against the counter until it stopped seizing, and then I sank to the floor, laying on my back performing what I would imagine to be Lamaze labor breathing techniques.  


The next day, the pain hadn't gone away, and I knew I needed a Chiropractor- stat.  So I booked myself at a recommended Chiropractor, and prayed she would fix me, which she did.  However, she did tell me that I sit too much, since I work at a desk, and sit in class most of the time.  I already knew that, but I wasn't going to tell her my secret.  

I didn't want to tell her that I sit in a folding chair at my desk for schoolwork and workwork because I was afraid she would hit me upside the head.  

I know, I know, that's a totally stupid thing to do, but I haven't found a chair I like and I've suffered in enough bad chairs to know which ones NOT to buy, and I figured I would be ok until I found one I DID like... (I can tell my excuses aren't exactly impressing you).  I guess we can all agree that I've learned my lesson.  Don't sit in a folding chair 5 hours a day if you care anything about your physical health.  The End.

*denotes hyperbole

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