A shy smile
Spreading on your cheeks
Delightful
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The Monday Peeve
If you are under sixty, just delete. Otherwise, you might be able to relate. What is up with the new seals on every bottle and package these days? This morning I tried opening a bottle of dishwashing liquid and found a foil seal inside. Really? It’s not like I’m going to guzzle dishwashing liquid! A one inch round seal with a minuscule tab to remove. After fighting it with morning arthritic fingers, I finally grabbed a plastic round grabber type thing, (I know, but I’ll post a pic of it and you can try to describe it) and after about five or six tries I could get it removed.
I also have this problem with any bottled item, such as liquid coffee creamer. After using the above device/helper to unscrew the cap, there’s the wily foil protector seal. When did we become so cautious that we end up discriminating against people with hands or fingers that don’t work well? And luckily I don’t use pill bottles, but it would actually take a three year old to adjust the arrows so you can pop off the lid.
Finally, recloseable bags. If you have the dexterity to find your way to open the first seal or the strength to rip open at the “Open Here” edge, ( be honest, do they actually work without resorting to scissors?) then trying to pry apart the (zippered) part requires a Herculean effort. I found the plastic helpers, using one on each side, also helps open them. Then of course the reseal that should be easy, but how many times do you go over it before it is really closed?
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https://lightmotifs.wordpress.com/2020/02/17/the-monday-peeve-23/#like-23366
A Secret Life
Okay, you can stare, I’m used to it. Humans think we are just toys, inanimate objects to be thrown across the room, stepped on, cuddled, squeezed, drooled on when they sleep, especially children. Don’t get me started on kids! You see that white stuff floating around? Stuffing. My stuffing. Now how am I supposed to deal with that? You brought a new puppy home and look what’s happened, I’m being torn apart! Joey thought he’d share me with the dog. Those teeth are sharp! I have feelings you know.
https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/02/17/what-do-you-see-17-february-17-2020/#like-24876
Ronovanwrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #293
This is an apt subject in many parts of the world today😔
Watching the rain pour
Seeing an overgrown drain
It’s flooding afoot
https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/02/17/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-293/
3TC – Too Clumsy to Play
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After a casserole of chicken and rice
Thought a play outside would be nice
As I slipped and fell on the hard ice
A knee replacement did suffice.
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2020/02/17/three-things-challenge-148/
Monday Movie
“As Good as it Gets”. I watched this recently. I love a movie with great funny lines and this has plenty. I’m not usually a Jack Nicholson fan but he is great in this, and won an Academy Award for his performance. Greg Kinnear is always good and the lady is Helen Hunt. I used this trailer/clip because who wouldn’t want a doctor like the one played by Harold Ramis?😄
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MLMM Saturday Mix 2-15-20
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Image: Pixabay
You break my heart easily as a wishbone
I asked you to mend it and then atone
But you left me standing quite alone
You found me, but ended us all too soon
Life is midnight now, touched by light of the moon
Sunlight will not shine again, even at noon.
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Who Won the Week? 🤯😡
Spurred on by Fandango’s “Who Won the Week” post as he picked Trump, I offer this:
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https://fivedotoh.com/2020/02/16/who-won-the-week-02-16-2020/#like-40606
Tarot Reading
Sneaking away from their neighborhood the lovers wanted to find out what the traveling carnival offered. The young couple entered the fortune teller’s tent with great expectations. They had just decided to marry and hoped a beautiful future would be told by tarot cards. Growing up in a strict atmosphere, they had no base of knowledge of such things, but had heard rumors of this woman’s ability, and anticipated a thrilling experience.
Not surprised by the atmosphere, a dim, dust covered crystal ball, and dark colored drapery surrounded the scowl-faced woman. She motioned for them to be seated and lit a candle. It was only a slight luminescence but an unpleasant scent began to fill the small space. She looked over the couple as if she could see into their minds and they shifted in their seats. Clasping hands together, they tried to remain nonchalant, but she was aware of their emotions.
She spread a few tarot cards face down on the cloth and asked a few questions, while sizing up their responses. Then her fee was provided and she began to tell their future. “This card says your marriage will be a happy one, as shown by the sun card, here.” The next card she faces up is the moon card, and says, “your life will take an unexpected turn.” The woman turns over another card, a reversed temperance card. “There will be upheaval in your relationship. And here is when tragedy strikes”, as she reveals the wheel of fortune card, and a reversed death card. I am sorry to tell someone will contract a terminal health condition.”
The young lovers just stare at the cards, not able to comprehend their seemingly ill fate. The woman continues, revealing the last card drawn. “This card for you means loneliness”, as she shows a reversed hermit card. They look at her questioning the results and ask who will be the one to die. “The cards do not say.” was her only answer. She blew out the candle ending the session and they stumbled out of the tent.
As a result, the couple felt they could no longer marry with such a future ahead and decided to spend their lives apart. The fortune teller was happy to have ruined another pair of lovers’ lives just as her own young life was ruined, making her a bitter, hateful woman.
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https://cyranny.com/2020/02/16/young-word-of-the-day-challenge/
https://fivedotoh.com/2020/02/16/fowc-with-fandango-terminal/
Song Lyric Sunday
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“Empty Space” is a song by British singer James Arthur. The song was released as a digital download and for streaming on 19 October 2018 by Columbia Records[1] as the second single from Arthur’s third studio album, You. The song was written by Arthur along with Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Nick Gate and produced by Dan Priddy, Mark Crew and Digital Farm Animals.
Talking about the song, Arthur said, “This song is for anyone who has ever deeply loved and lost someone dear to them, and is then faced with the struggle of trying to fill that void. It is about coming to terms with the fact that only that special person can truly fill the empty space.”
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https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2020/02/15/make-a-choice/
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