Ransacking my own grocery cart
Today I ransacked my own grocery cart, mid-shopping. I was on the phone with Allison, talking about what to buy, when I realized I no longer had my phone (what remained was only the bluetooth headset I was using). I took everything out of my grocery cart looking for the …
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So fast so slow
In trying to go too fast, I ended up spending time cleaning… (an act I’ve starred in before) Of course, I did this right after the floors had been vacuumed. On the bright side, I had just finished the granola that was inside the glass jar.
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Granola Fail
My goal was for the granola to go ???????? yogurt, not all over the counter. ???? I failed, but as usual, my failure led to an unexpected benefit. ???? I got the idea to weigh what remained of my homemade granola so that I could better ration it for the …
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It’s warm in here
We’re in a heat wave. Yesterday was 110 degrees Fahrenheit, which is very hot for where we live. My office is the hottest room in our house because it faces the morning sun and because I have the most electronic equipment running. We don’t like to run the air conditioning, …
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Friends’ house, under the furniture, returned car rental, where is it?
Loved this post from a great editor I’ve worked with before: With so much bad news I want to share this good news: After searching everywhere for four days, have finally found where I left my favorite mug. (The handle is extraordinarily comfortable.) Went to friends house to see if …
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Oops, lost every city residents’ data in late night out
Man loses USB flash drive with data on entire city’s residents after night out Note to self: don’t go out with every city residents’ data in my pocket.
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Hiking on ice
Today we went for a beautiful hike in Santa Fe. Loved it. But there was snow and ice in places. In one of those spots, Allison, who was walking ahead of me, warned me that it was slippery and to be careful. So I attended carefully to the ground, then …
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Right side up
When Allison went to feed the dog, she dropped his food bowl. Unfortunately, it landed right side up, making the picture only moderately interesting, especially since it doesn’t show the chicken broth all over the floor.
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Not what she was hoping to eat
When Allison went to open the microwave to retrieve her warm food, she ended up with something different than she expected: the microwave handle.
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Darling, I lost my wedding ring, because my shoes were too smelly
Darling, I lost my wedding ring, because my shoes were too smelly. How convenient that Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE lost his wedding ring and not his Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal from HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Luckily, eventually the knighted …
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