Spent the night at the ER.

Stupid Covid.

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

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Happy September, everyone! Here’s to cooler, golden days ahead.
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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 –
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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 ♥

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 ♥

Since I just got back from attending graduations back east, I thought I’d share my favorite graduation song from Billboard’s Best Graduation Songs: Top Songs For The Class Of 2025.

It’s a great song. Give it a listen.
“Good Old Days” by Macklemore feat. Kesha

So. I’m home! Actually, I’ve been home since the 9th, but I needed a minute to get back in the groove of all things me, although, at the time of this writing/posting, I haven’t once picked up a crochet hook. I know. Shocking! I have, however, picked up fabric and have spent some time at the sewing machine. So, there’s that, and I’ve done a lot of reading, and really, I’ve just been chillin.

My trip was exciting and exhausting, fun and funny, and I will be sharing bits n’ pieces, but tonight, yes, it’s tonight, 9:28pm, it’s time to take the pup out one last time – I hope – and head to bed myself. Fingers, eyes, and toes all crossed that this will auto-post for me.

I hope everyone who celebrates it had a good Father’s Day. My Dad has been traveling in another realm for the past 18 years, but I still celebrate him with chocolate and/or a piece of cake with lots of frosting. He loved all things sweet, so you can imagine that out of his 7 children, I was his favorite.

Happy Monday, and I hope you all have a great start to your week. It’s good to be back and I’m looking forward to seeing what all of you have been up to in my absence… Did any of you have graduations to attend??

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

♥ mimi ♥

Last year when I went back east for my grandson’s graduation, my sweet, sugar and spice and everything nice granddaughter gave up her room for me while I visited. She was so excited and happy!
She said, “Mimi, I hung an angel over your bed to watch over you while you sleep.”

Side note – I sent my granddaughter that doll (it looked cute on Amazon) and when she got it, her Mom, Dad, and brother were all creeped out by it so she would set it outside her bedroom door so nobody would come in her room and bother her. Genius move!

**** Those straps on the bottom of the doll’s feet slip over my granddaughter’s feet and that doll stretches up as tall as she is! So, she got to walk around and creep everybody out too!

P.S. – I don’t think it’s fair that my kids and grandkids use that awesome, hilarious DNA I gave them against me! That doll creeps me out too!

♥ mimi ♥

Today I’m joining the Saturday 9 hosted by Sam.
What is the Saturday 9? – Super short explanation. –
9 questions every Saturday. There may be a theme, there may not be. There are no rules because Sam hates rules.
It’s her blog. She does whatever the hell she wants. Sam’s a little sassy.

Okay. Here we go!

Saturday 9: Georgia on My Mind (1978)

Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? Hear it here.

1) These lyrics refer to “an old sweet song.” What old sweet song is a favorite of yours?

Dan Fogelberg – Same Auld Lang Syne
This song gets me every time…

2) Composer Hoagy Carmichael said he was inspired by saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer to write a song about Georgia. In those days, bands traveled by bus and Frankie enjoyed rolling through Georgia. Hoagy recalled that Frankie even volunteered the first two words, “Georgia, Georgia …” If we were to organize a Saturday 9 bus trip, where would you recommend we go for lovely scenery?

Northern Michigan – This is Lake Michigan Beach, one of my favorite places on the planet.

3) This version of “Georgia on My Mind” was controversial before it was even recorded. Willie Nelson’s label, Columbia, didn’t see the point of their outlaw country star singing an old standard that was associated with Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald. Willie had the last laugh. This record was a hit and Willie won a Grammy. Tell us about a time when you were a success despite opposition.

When I beat stage 4 cancer.

4) While it’s at odds with his “outlaw” image, Willie was a popular and active high school student. He played three sports and was a member of Future Farmers of America. What school activities did you participate in during your teen years?

5) Willie once worked as a tree trimmer, so clearly he didn’t suffer from acrophobia. How about you? Do you have a fear of heights?

It’s not the highs I fear, it’s the lows…

6) He wrote the lyrics to one of his biggest hits, “On the Road Again,” during a flight, using the airplane barf bag as scrap paper. That was back in 1980. In 2025, do you handwrite onto note paper, or do you make all your “notes to self” digitally.

Mostly handwritten, but when I need to make sure I don’t forget, I use my phone.

7) In 1978, when Willie was singing “Georgia on My Mind,” audiences were flocking to see the movie Grease. What’s your favorite song from Grease?

This one because I love Stockard Channing.

8) Also in 1978, Karina Smirnoff was born. After spending her early years in the Ukraine, she came to America and found success on Dancing with the Stars.

Are you a DWTS fan?

Not even a little bit. I would need to read this before I even sat down to watch.

9) Random question: Do you ever carry a backpack?

No, but if I did, I’m pretty sure it would look like this.

Well, that took me much longer than I anticipated. I have no idea why my spacing decided to go wonky, but it took forever to fix it. But, I did the Saturday 9 and you can too. Write your post, then click on the Saturday 9 logo up above and add yourself to Mr. Linky so we can all come around and visit you!

I hope you’re all having a great weekend so far. It’s been storming for a while here today and I would love it if it continued on through the night. Rainy nights are the best nights for sleeping.

Enoy the rest of your weekend!

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MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

♥ mimi ♥

Good Morning!

AND… ♥♥♥♥

To this handsome guy right here!
My 2nd son and my number three in the birth order.
How did 34 years just whip through our lives?
This young man is hilarious, super smart, a college grad, a hard worker, an amazing singer – think Michael Buble’ – and honestly, everybody loves him! Omgosh. I just love him to pieces and you guys, he would make you laugh so much.
He’s been nothing but a joy, seriously, and I am so lucky.

Okay! Well, it’s Thursday, so it’s time for my Thursday 13!
Thursday 13 is just a list of 13 things you choose to post on, you guessed it, Thursdays!
What would your Thursday 13 look like?
If you want to join in, go on over to New Thursday 13 and sign up with Mr. Linky.

1.) I still can’t hear out of my right ear. They gave me steroids in case I had an inflamed nerve in my ear. Apparently I don’t otherwise the steroids would’ve worked and I’d be able to hear out of that ear. Next stop, the ears, eyes, nose and throat Dr. but not until after my trip back east for my grandson’s graduation. Thankfully my eyes still work because the most important thing to me right now is seeing my grandson graduate!

2.) If the Drs. can’t figure out what’s going on with my hearing I may have to get a hearing aid and holy hell those things are expensive even with insurance!

3.) My daughter, who’s son is graduating, keeps backyard chickens and her favorite chicken is Betty.
This is my daughter and Betty.

4.) I decided to make Betty a friend. Her name is Hazel and she has her very own AI chicken coop.

5.) I was sad to hear that Pope Francis had died and I’m curious to see who our next Pope will be. I hope it’s someone with a progressive mindset like Pope Francis had.

6.) I accidently ended up watching a movie on Paramount+ that I thought was going to be a series.

It was different… It’s supposedly about the voting in of the next Pope when the current Pope dies. It could’ve been a good movie if not for the ridiculous ending. So there’s 120 minutes of my life I’ll never get back.

7.) I’m working on another crocheted chicken. Apparently my daughter and I are both obsessed with chickens now. She can’t stop buying them and I can’t stop making them. In her defense tho, we did have chickens when the kids were growing up so it’s a nice memory for her and now for her kids too.

8.) I totally spaced that we’ve had Easter since I last posted. Geesh. I hope everyone had a good holiday. It’s amazing how the Easter bunny just keeps bringing you a basket no matter how old you get.

9.) My favorite Easter candy is the Brach’s black jelly beans.

10.) I need to get my hair cut before my trip. I’m thinking a bob of some sort, longish or shaggy, or a shaggy pixie. I haven’t decided yet but I’m leaning towards the shaggy pixie.

11.) I drank my coffee with milk this morning rather than Half and Half. The difference is like making cream of tomato soup with milk or making it with water which some people do. Not me. I need that extra creaminess!

12.) I think we need to take our dog to doggie school to learn how to get along with other dogs. He is so aggressive when he sees another dog and it doesn’t matter how big or how small the other dogs are. When we’re outside he’ll almost jerk your arm off with all of his charging and snarling and growling. Inside he goes nuts back and forth at the patio door. I know one day the blinds are going to come tumbling down.

13.) One of the side effects of the steroids they gave me for my ear is that they keep me awake. They also put me in a downer mood. So, basically I’ve been up all night with a shitty mood. Lol. Hopefully, I’ll wind down enough to get a nap in. If I’m that lucky I’ll be back around to visit and comment on your posts when I wake up.

Well, here we are in May… Holy smokes. Next month we’ll be half way to Christmas! Lol. I can’t wait! Aside from heading out to my grandson’s graduation I have zero plans for the month of May. I’ll be back east until the first week of June and I have a feeling June will be a busy month for me.

What are your plans for May? June?? Anything thrilling and spine chilling you’d like to share?? I’d love to read about them so drop me some comment love so I can be the nosey bitch that you all know me to be!

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –
♥ mimi ♥