THURSDAY 13 – Old dog, new tricks

  1. I’m starting to love my iPhone. It’s a learning curve, but you can teach an old dog new tricks.
  2. I didn’t know there was a movie made using an iPhone, but yes there was.

    This movie was made using the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Several of them! That’s wild.
    *** Per Wikipedia
    28 Years Later is a 2025 post-apocalyptic coming-of-age[6][7][8] horror film produced and directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland.

  3. I made homemade chicken noodle soup and it was delicious.
  4. I did some binge-watching and got caught up on NCIS, Law & Order SVU and Criminal Minds Evolution.
  5. I started watching Tony & Ziva. It’s a spinoff of the original NCIS show when Gibbs (Mark Harmon) was at the helm.
    I’m undecided as to whether I like it or not. I like the characters. It would be nice if it wasn’t cancelled before I know for sure.

  6. I’ve been crocheting autumn leaves for a cozy fall garland.

    Obviously not done, but I will post pics when it is.

  7. and 8.
    First #7, the super cool Wednesday Addams doll my kids surprised me with. I love that it came with a tiny “Thing.”
  8. I discovered this cool little feature that iPhone has. You can look up the plants in the photo. I don’t know if all iPhones do that, but it’s super cool.
  9. A scene from one of my favorite movies.

    Sleepless In Seattle – Meg Ryan is singing along with the Christmas song, Jingle Bells. Horses, horses, horses…

  10. A random pic I saved on Pinterest. Are any of you on Pinterest? I love retro art.

  11. My youngest turned 32 on the 13th of this month! Absolutely wild! Time is a thief.
  12. Fun fact via Wikipedia – September 18, 1837 in Brooklyn, Connecticut, U.S. New York City, U.S. Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 by the jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany and became famous in the early 20th century under the artistic direction of his son Louis Comfort Tiffany.
    I have never received a little blue box from Tiffany’s, but it’s on my bucket list.

  13. And what better follow-up to #12 than this great tune.

Happy Thursday, everyone. We’re almost through the 3rd week in September, how crazy is that? I’m loving it, but it’s going by so fast! We’re getting fall temps off and on, but I wish the nighttime temps were our daytime temps. I’m sure a lot of people disagree with me on that, but lately people disagreeing with me seems to be the norm and that’s okay because I disagree with them. You know as you get older none of that bullshit matters and honestly, who has time for it? Not me. Love me or hate me, agree or disagree, I just don’t give a fuck anymore, and that’s pretty much where I’m at on this fine Thursday morning.

I’ll be cleaning out closets today. One of my least favorite things to do because it seems like you make a bigger mess trying to get everything in order, and it would be so much easier to just close the door and be done with it. It’s that way with a lot of things in life. Big messes, closing doors and being done.

This weekend, I’m being taken away to parts unknown. It’s a surprise. I hope it’s someplace very fallish.

I hope you’ve had a great week thus far. Anybody have any cool plans for the weekend? And just so you know, staying home and relaxing counts as cool plans. As always, I want to hear what’s happening with all of you, so please share in the comments.

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

♥ mimi ♥

THURSDAY 13 – We will always remember…

Happy Thursday! Decided on a Thursday 13 today. Just a list of 13 things. As always, a big thank you to Liz over at Laws of Gravity where I originally saw the post.

1.) I’m done with being sad. Between yesterday’s shootings and today’s remembrance of 9/11, I’m just done.

2.) I don’t care which side of the aisle you’re on, shooting someone in the neck or anywhere else is never the answer and completely unacceptable!

3.) I don’t care who got a flag lowered for them and who didn’t, who got more air time on the news, who had the biggest protests, funerals, or whatever. I don’t care. It’s petty, and we need to pay attention to the things that truly affect our country.

4.) I knocked my news watching time down to once a week on Fridays. I try to catch a re-cap of what’s been going on because I don’t want to be sucked into the negative abyss that is now the media. Yesterday was my Friday news re-cap.

5.) No, I didn’t see the video of Charlie Kirk getting shot. No, I’m not going to watch it. It’s heartbreaking. I wasn’t a fan of his, but he didn’t deserve to be shot for exercising his right of freedom of speech.

6.) Charlie Kirk is the same age as my youngest son. Things hit you different when there are similarities to your kids.

7.) Yesterday morning we had wonderful thunderstorms. I was hoping for a whole day but I am thankful for what we got. Fall might actually be trying to arrive!

8.) My son and daughter-in-law got a “new to them” vehicle the other day. It’s beautiful and only has 52,000 miles on it.

9.) Next year we will be spending Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts and I can’t wait!

10.) Attention, attention. Covid has left the building! Finally!

11.) I am totally hooked on the British show, ‘Escape To The Country’ and having watched this show countless times, I know I want to live by the sea in a detached home with a thatched roof. And there has to be a deck outside so I can have my coffee, listen to the waves crashing against the rocks and watch the boats floating along.

12.) I woke up at 1:15am and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I decided to write this post.

13.) Now I’m tired, and I am going back to bed!

Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope you have at least 13 things to smile about today! If not, I hope you at least don’t have 13 things to frown about! Turn that frown upside down, right? Okay. I’m getting really sleepy. I’ll be back in a few. Night!

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –
We will always remember…

♥ mimi ♥

MONDAYS, MUSIC AND ME

Hi, everybody. It’s after 9pm so it’s a late night post for me. Geesh. What a week it’s been. When I posted on the 1st, I had every intention of posting every day, and I was so ready! Then Covid decided to be an asshole and visit my home, getting all of us sick. The kids pushed through, and they felt like they just had a really bad case of the flu. I ended up in the ER. The last time I had Covid, my dr. prescribed me a medication called Paxlovid. If you take it within the first few days of a positive Covid test, the Paxlovid will lessen the severity of Covid and keep it from getting worse. For me, Paxlovid was a lifesaver! This time having Covid, kicked my ass all the way to the ER! I thought for sure they would give me Paxlovid as soon as I got there, and I would be on my way to feeling a million times better. – NOPE. – Covid has already mutated and Paxlovid doesn’t work with this strain. How wild is that?
So, I got fluids and antibiotics via an IV, a couple of Ibuprofen and some Zofran for the nausea and vomiting. That was the treatment, so, basically it is a flu. The body aches, the coughing and sudden feelings of exhaustion, are lingering on, but I’ll take it! Anything is better than full on Covid. My only hope is that this is it for me. With cold, flu, and Covid season upon us, I think I’ve already paid my dues.

I can’t believe we’ve already blown past the first week in September. Why can’t it go as slow as a slug, like hot n’ sweaty summer does? It’s almost 10pm, and it’s still 78 degrees out. All this week is supposed to be near 80, which is a whole helluva lot better than triple digit heat or heat in the 90s, but I’m looking for highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. Those temps mean open doors and windows, front and back, and I am beyond ready for that!

I haven’t really done a whole lot since Covid. I’ve caught up on some reading, and I have managed to work on my never-ending 2023 Halloween quilt. It may look familiar to some of you who saw it when I first started it back in 2023. Good lord. My quilting moves along at the pace of slug-ass summer.

Will it get finished this year? Who knows, but stay tuned, miracles do happen.

For my Monday music, I’ve chosen ‘Goodbye Stranger’ by the group Supertramp.
Also, a thank you and R.I.P. to the co-founder of Supertramp, Rick Davies, who died Sept. 6th from a blood cancer. He was 81.

I hope all of you have had a wonderful start to this beautiful month of September, and I hope your week ahead brings you many smiles and lots of laughter. Laughter is such a great cleanse for the soul, isn’t it? Oh! I’ll be around visiting and catching up with all of you tomorrow. I know I’ve missed a lot, but I don’t mind reading if you don’t mind the late visits and comments. And another, oh! What did you guys do for the Labor Day Weekend? (If you celebrate.)

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

♥ mimi ♥

HAPPY TUESDAY

I’m joining my friend Sandee (again) over at Comedy Plus with another of her weekly post link-ups. I know. It’s like I’m stalking her.
Today’s post is Happy Tuesday, and it’s super simple…
Per Sandee –
*** Post a funny picture.
*** Post a not so funny picture.
*** Post whatever weirdness you want. That’s it.

If you want to join in, and you should, just write your Happy Tuesday post and head over to Sandee’s and link up. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Because, as Sandee says, “Being happy is a good thing.”

It’s true, being happy is a good thing, and I hope all of you are happy and enjoying your Tuesday. I have zero on the books today except laundry, mending a few shirts for a friend and then diving into fall and Christmas projects in the air-conditioned place I call home because, in the words of, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, it’s like a heat wave and I need to keep my mind on the “ber” months! No triple digit heat, no sweat, and no bugs!

And I know we’re not the only ones getting hit with the heat, so stay cool everybody, and if you need some tips on how to do that, order up Fonzie’s “Stay Cool Kit.” You get a full color GIANT poster, his “How To Be Cool List” of Do’s and Don’ts, his Teen Beat biography AND candid action shots! Now, that’s a lotta bang for the buck!

**** Sadly, my internet search did not reveal one existing “The Fonz Stay Cool Kit.” Looks like you’re on your own kids.

MIMI’S QUOTE FOR THE DAY –
♥ mimi ♥

AWWW MONDAYS

 

Today, I’m joining Sandee over at Comedy Plus for an Awww Mondays post, and I’m posting about my awwwsome pup, Bo.

Bo just turned 2 yrs. old, and he is in great need of socializing skills and maybe straight up training school. He doesn’t listen. He barks at every dog, cat, squirrel, fly… Person! He’s not necessarily aggressive, he just needs to chill AND to listen to us when we call or tell him to do something.

We live in a 4 unit apartment building and 3 of us have dogs so you can imagine when one dog starts barking they all start barking which makes all the dogs that live behind us, across the fence, join in. It can get kinda crazy and kinda noisy, and it’s a disaster if we don’t time our dog walks around each other. However, when it’s time to potty, it’s time to potty, and we’re not always guaranteed “alone time.” If any other dog is around, potty time turns into a real mess in more ways than one. – I always feel sorry for our 1 neighbor who doesn’t have a dog.

We’ve taken Bo to dog parks around the city to see if we can let him run around within the fenced in area for small dogs, but with his incessant barking at the fence, I can’t imagine what it would be like to turn him loose in there! That fenced in area would have to be completely empty in order for Bo to run around. We’ve been to the park early, we’ve gone late in the day, in the middle of the day. There are always dogs.

I had almost given up hope of Bo ever being able to run free, and then… We discovered Sniffspot! I have no idea how long it’s been around, but it is an amazing service. A private dog area all your own! You pay by the hour and your dog can run free and play in a fenced in area all by himself/herself! This is brilliant!

Our Sniffspot was absolutely wonderful. Over an acre to run and play with a creek running through the property. Since it was our first visit, the owner met with us and showed us where everything was. She supplied clean toys, water, treats and poo bags all for $10.00 for the hour! Plus, she has patio furniture for adults to sit on while their pup is off playing. There was no hovering around by the owner. After our meet and greet, she went into her home, and we never saw her again. The next time we take Bo, we’ll book our appointment, pay the fee and walk through the gate and release our baby beast!

Here are a few pics of Bo at his Sniffspot.
It didn’t take him long to get the toys.

For some reason, Bo was super interested in whatever was going on with potted plants and garden ornaments.

I wish I had gotten a better pic of the creek area but trying to keep up with Bo is like trying to rope the wind! We tried so hard to get him to play in the creek, but that was definitely a no-go. He’s in the back there somewhere.

He spent some time sniffing around and seeing what everything was. He’d even go up to the back door like he was just going to stroll in.

He ran all along the fence about a gazillion times. I thought he would be zipping back and forth on the lawn, but the fence line was his focus.

He spent most of his time like this, just a blur running here, there and everywhere!

And when it was time for us to go, he let us know. He was sooooo tired.

What a great discovery Sniffspot was for us! I want to book an hour for myself just so I can go hang out by the creek under those big old trees, do some reading and listen to those beautiful wind chimes she had! You can tell the owners have made this place their little oasis. It is so peaceful and has such a great vibe. We’ve already booked Bo for his next visit!

So. There’s my lengthy Awww Monday post, but I had to share! Have any of you heard of and/or used Sniffspot in your area? Apparently they’re all over the U.S. I’d be interested to know if anyone outside the U.S. knows of something similar.

Happy Awww Monday and have an amazing week ahead!

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

♥ mimi ♥

SUPER WORDY WEDNESDAY

As most of you know, I went back east for my grandson’s graduation from high school and my granddaughter’s graduation from elementary school. My daughter’s son and daughter. It was so much fun and I am so proud of both of them. They’re just really good kids.

I also got to attend my granddaughter’s dance recitals. She’s amazing.
Here’s a pic of her and the rest of the dance crew.

She was dancing to songs from the 80’s. The same songs I used to dance to at the clubs and/or bars, except her outfit was way cuter, and she wasn’t drunk.
Praise Buddha. The generational curse has been broken.

Now, onto what you don’t know… I almost died on my graduation vacation. It’s true. One of my grown children tried to kill me.
(Photo from my Instagram stories.)

Yes. My grown son tried to kill me with edibles, which are perfectly legal in Michigan.
****Edibles – Edibles contain cannabinoids, the active compounds in cannabis, with THC being the psychoactive component responsible for the “high”. 

Okay. Yes, I’ve smoked weed. I know, shocker. I dabbled in high school and here and there throughout my life, mainly when I had cancer, but I wasn’t a stoner. So. There’s my midnight confession.

My near-death experience started up north at my oldest son’s home.
– The night before my grandson’s graduation. –
We were all playing Euchre (a card game that not many people have ever heard of). My daughter-in-law and I were on a team, and my oldest son and my almost killer son were on a team. Everything’s going fine, and then my almost killer son says, “Hey Mom, I’ve got those edibles.”

I’m not gonna lie. I was planning on getting some edibles the moment my plane landed. I was worried about TSA and terrified my planes would crash. Anyway, my almost killer son brings out the edibles, they’re gummies. He gives me one split in half. I eat half and set the other half on the table. I don’t know how much time had passed, but holy hell! In the middle of our game, that half of gummy kicked in, and suddenly EVERYTHING was so funny. Like snort laughing, drinks coming out of your nose, pee your pants a little, funny, and I was having such a great time, I ate the other half!

Yeah… I wasn’t having such a great time around 2am.

Just a little FYI – Getting high when you’re young is a whole lot different than getting high when you’re in your 60s! Bumping into furniture and falling is not an option in your 60s. I’ve got bruises that I don’t even know where they came from, but I do know this. At some point, I thought I was dying. D.Y.I.N.G.

I’m not even kidding, I could feel my heartbeat in every square inch of my body, and for the longest time, I couldn’t close my eyes because my eyelids were beating like my heart, and I thought if I closed my eyes, my heart beat would stop and I’d die. And then, I was so hot I kept going in and out of the front door, and lo and behold, my son has one of those porch lights that light up when you go out the door! That thing was going off like a fucking disco ball!

Thankfully, my daughter-in-law was still up, reading on the couch, but my oldest son and the one who tried to kill me had gone to bed – of course. I don’t know how long my daughter-in-law sat there watching me be a crazy person, but at some point she texted the almost killer son, and when he came upstairs, I think I yelled at him, “I’m dying. I’m too old for gummies. You have to take me to the emergency room. I’m dying!” He was so calm. His mother was dying before his murderous eyes, and he’s calm. I thought for sure he would rush me to his vehicle and race off to save my life, but no. No. That is not what happened. He gave me breathing exercises to do. Counting 1, 2, 3, 4, and then 4, 3, 2, 1. Over and over and over again! I was a dying, crazy person acting like Count Von Count from Sesame Street!

Needless-to-say, the counting worked, and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in bed, thankful I wasn’t waking up on the front porch! Ugh. Of course, the nosy neighbor saw everything that happened. Whatever. I was just happy to be alive.

Can you imagine if I had gone to the emergency room and missed my grandson’s graduation?? Sorry, Mimi couldn’t make it; she got high last night and almost died.

SIDE NOTE – My son did not almost kill me. I was okay. I just had to chill, which is what I thought edibles were supposed to help you do… I took too much. I guess that “Party like it’s 1999” ship has sailed. Totally my fault. He did tell me not to take that other half… He’s a good son and obviously knows how to take care of his mama when he needs to. Lol. He’s a lot of fun, and I love and miss him every day! I love and miss them all!

So, there you have it. My near-death experience. My kids and grandsons thought it was so funny, and then they tell me, if you haven’t been high in a while or had edibles, you should start with 2.5mg gummies. 2.5mg??? I had 25mg!!! – Just for the record, that’s the THC.
My takeaway lesson? I’m sticking with wine.

Wow. Long post. If you made it this far, I hope you had a good laugh and learned a little something about edibles. It’s definitely not like the old days when making weed brownies was the go-to edible.

I hope you’re all having a great day. We’re halfway to the weekend. Who’s got plans? Who’s got an edibles story?? I can’t be the only one… Spill it in the comments. Lol. We won’t judge.

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

♥ mimi ♥