Cellar Scribblings

[Sason]

Were you able to get all the blood out? 

 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I think my iPhone autocorrect tends to err on the side of wholesomeness. So if I write "shut" it doesn't automatically change it to "shit," even if I actually meant to write "shit."

I hate autocorrect. 

[CellarDweller]

Hiya BetterMost friends!!!!

How is everyone doing?  I hope you're all well!

My building had a fire inspection last week, on Thursday, so I had to make sure the apartment was clean.  Bonus is that I didn't need to spend time cleaning this weekend, it was already done.



Spent a quiet weekend at home, just relaxing, the only chore was to get the grocery shopping done.

Will spend time with mom and dad today for lunch, and to finally celebrate Mother's Day, Father's Day, and mom's birthday.  With her being in the hospital and rehab, we never got around to doing that.  Mom and dad like to go out to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast occasionally, so I got them gift cards for Mother's and Father's day.

Mom likes to play card games, so I got her new games to replace her old ones that are all bent and frayed,  new Uno, Phase 10, and SkipBo.  I also got her one of those card shufflers, so she and dad don't have to try and shuffle these decks of cards, and batteries to power it.

[serious crayons]

Will spend time with mom and dad today for lunch, and to finally celebrate Mother's Day, Father's Day, and mom's birthday.  With her being in the hospital and rehab, we never got around to doing that.  Mom and dad like to go out to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast occasionally, so I got them gift cards for Mother's and Father's day.

Mom likes to play card games, so I got her new games to replace her old ones that are all bent and frayed,  new Uno, Phase 10, and SkipBo.  I also got her one of those card shufflers, so she and dad don't have to try and shuffle these decks of cards, and batteries to power it.

What a nice son!

[Front-Ranger]

Shuffling cards has become more difficult for me too. I think I'll ask for a card shuffler for Christmas. I usually have my grandchildren do it.

Speaking of that, my oldest grandson is going with me to the Sherlock Holmes meeting today, and he is going to give the quiz about the story "The Mazarin Stone" !!

[CellarDweller]

Hiya BetterMost friends!!!!

What's going on, everyone?

I had a quiet Labor day weekend last weekend, and enjoyed the extra day off.   As I said somewhere (I can't remember what site), you know you're getting older when a holiday weekend approaches, and instead of thinking "another day I can stay up late", you think "another day I can sleep in!"

 

I posted this on Facebook last week, but I'll share it here too.

So, when driving last week, I saw a older guy (in his late 70s, perhaps) driving in his Thunderbird, top and windows down, and his radio blasting.  He was playing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett.
1st thought:   He's living his best life!
2nd thought:  I chuckled at him driving around blasting that music.
3rd thought:  I realized that's how teen-agers see me when I drive around blasting my 80s music!

 


Finally, this weekend was a busy one.  We have a work event tomorrow, a volunteer event, and since there would be a nice amount of people in the office, I offered to bake cookies for everyone.

Since we're still in summer, I planned an assortment of "good-bye to summer" flavors, so I made lemon crinkle cookies, lime crinkle cookies, and blueberry white chocolate cookies.  I ended up with 4 dozen of each cookie.

I started the whole dough making process at noon on Saturday, and then had to chill the doughs, and then the baking and cooling times, by the time I was finished, it was about 10pm Saturday night.

Thankfully, I cleaned as I went along, so there wasn't much to do after everything was done.

[serious crayons]

So, when driving last week, I saw a older guy (in his late 70s, perhaps) driving in his Thunderbird, top and windows down, and his radio blasting.  He was playing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett.
1st thought:   He's living his best life!
2nd thought:  I chuckled at him driving around blasting that music.
3rd thought:  I realized that's how teen-agers see me when I drive around blasting my 80s music!

That's a nice way to look at it! I, on the other hand, get highly annoyed when someone blasts music in their car with windows open, especially if they leave it on when they stop. My apartment is just one floor above a smallish parking lot, and my desk is next to the big window.

That said, one of the worst offenders was playing 1950s pop, so music blasters can be any age!

Since we're still in summer, I planned an assortment of "good-bye to summer" flavors, so I made lemon crinkle cookies, lime crinkle cookies, and blueberry white chocolate cookies.

Wow! Those sound delicious. If I were to promise to make cookies for a work function, I'd probably make one batch.

[Jeff Wrangler]

That's a nice way to look at it! I, on the other hand, get highly annoyed when someone blasts music in their car with windows open, especially if they leave it on when they stop. My apartment is just one floor above a smallish parking lot, and my desk is next to the big window.

That said, one of the worst offenders was playing 1950s pop, so music blasters can be any age!

In Philly I've seen it done by people on motorized bicycles. I couldn't see where the music was actually coming from. I didn't think boom boxes were still a thing.